for the listen to live here is moving into its final two sessions which will be guided by shy*play. In the upcoming one, shy*play brings a collective space where languaging is practiced through performative scores. Shaped by “man of autism” Adam Wolfond’s conception of the embodied concept, languaging is approached as language in movement across the limitations and exclusivity of signification alone. It attends to the many languages that gather around words, into sentencing and beyond, those that move vibrantly between and below words while remaining in relation.

The session will be structured around a text by artists and architects Arakawa and Gins, which will be transformed into a playful score. Multiple performativities will be activated through it, such as rhythm, vocalisation, spacemaking, movement, affect, sense and nonsense in intertwinement. Experimentation with collectivity is central, with prompts for doing and improvising together while remaining in difference. Instead of prioritising representation, meaning and fluency in communication, the score proposes a detour, foregrounding languaging as a practice of sociality-making and valuing what emerges through it. 

Participating in this session requires no prior experience.
Drinks and snacks will be offered throughout.

Address: WG Plein 881, Amsterdam
Saturday 23 May, 14-17hr (doors open at 13.50)

➝Covid testing
Please take a Covid test before the event; if you have symptoms, please do not attend and let us know so we can offer your spot. Tests and masks are available at the venue.

➝Accessibility
· If I Can’t Dance is on the second floor, unfortunately, without elevator access. There is also a narrow staircase inside the space. 
· Two gender neutral WC on the first floor
· Language: English

Please reach out if you want a more detailed description of the space at shy.into.play@gmail.com

Flyer design: nor akelei
Drawings featured on the flyer were created by participants in a workshop led by Sam Metz at ATD in Amsterdam, as part of the “What If… Neurodiversity” symposium in January 2025.