Embodied Mapping and Urban Transformation
BRIC Arts Media
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Led by Social Practice CUNY
Nora Almeida, andrea haenggi, Jordan Packer, Estefania Mompean Botias
This workshop uses somatic counter-mapping to transform urban spaces and perceptions. Participants will create an ephemeral map using their bodies, engaging with the surrounding environment. The workshop will culminate in discussions about documenting urban experiences and exploring methods for capturing shifting landscapes creatively and collectively.
Nora Almeida is an urban swimmer, interdisciplinary artist, and activist based in Lenapehoking. Her art and embodied research is centered on water and explores intersections of archiving, environmental investigation, and spatial disruption.
noralisaalmeida.com
IG: @norasays
andrea haenggi is a body-based interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of the Environmental Performance Agency. Her “ethnochoreobotanic” practice with more-than-human kin fosters multispecies communities focusing on decolonization, climate change, feminism, and liberation.
www.weedychoreography.com
www.environmentalperformanceagency.com
IG: @andrea_haenggi
Jordan Packer is an educator, urban geographer, and data analyst based in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently interested in land use activism and the politics of urban erasure– topics she has explored through counter-mapping, embodied research, and building collective memory.
www.jordan-packer.com
Estefania Mompean Botias is an architect and urban designer investigating the concept of Architectures of Emergency. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at EPFL Switzerland, she studies New York’s socio-environmental challenges, particularly the impact of flooding on local communities and urban planning processes.
urbanspacelab.org/botias
X: @mompeanbotias
Social Practice CUNY is an educational network that amplifies the collective power of socially engaged artists, scholars, and advocates throughout the City University of New York’s rich tapestry of faculty, staff, and students working for social justice. Based at the CUNY Graduate Center and funded by the Mellon Foundation, SPCUNY’s theory of educational transformation fosters structures for diverse creative leaders who empower New York City as an inclusive, justice-driven cultural landscape.
www.socialpracticecuny.org
IG: @socialpracticecuny
