Event
Block Universe
29 May 2017 – 04 Jun 2017
The Showroom
London, United Kingdom
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Liz Magic Laser, ‘Primal Speech’, single channel video, 2016
Exhibition
Block Universe presents Liz Magic Laser // Political Therapy
29 May 2017
Cost of entry
7.50 – 10 £
Address
- 63 Penfold Street
- London NW8
- London
- NW8 8PQ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Numerous buses from central London stop on the Edgware Road within a few minutes walk of the space, including the 6, 16, 98, 332 and 414.
- The Showroom is a short walk from Edgware Road underground station, which is served by the Hammersmith and City, Circle and Bakerloo lines.
- Edgware Road Tube for Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines
Event map
In the London premiere of Liz Magic Laser’s Political Therapy Workshop, 'Primal Therapy' and meditation techniques will be used to elicit connections and conflate personal experiences with political beliefs.
About
Laser has enlisted drama therapist and actress Louise Platt to guide participants through activities that facilitate the expression of frustrations related to Brexit and other current events.Developed by Arthur Janov in the 1970s, ‘Primal Therapy’ was a radical approach that involved abreaction, the cathartic re-experiencing of a traumatic event. Laser adapts this palliative method of clarifying emotional expression into effective communication, offering it as a means toward embodied political discourse. Therapeutic props such as pillows and stuffed animals based on political party logos can be hit or embraced in Laser’s version of political ‘Primal Therapy’.
Similar workshops have taken place at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, in advance of the 2016 presidential election and in the UK before Article 50 was initiated at Grand Union, Birmingham. Forthcoming workshops will take place at CAC Brétigny between the first and second round of France’s presidential elections and at Jupiter Artland Foundation, near Edinburgh, where participants will address the debates surrounding Scottish independence.
