An obstacle course between performance, science and encounters with experts: body optimization is the name of the game, and it will be discursively and practically scrutinized. There will be short lectures and performances covering four focal points, after the presentations the circuit trainers will play their best tunes.

SEPTEMBER 22nd: BODY/TECHNOLOGIES

Step counters & Co. are prompting new questions about technology, cyborgs and associated utopias.

SEPTEMBER 23rd: HEALTH

The hype surrounding "healthy" vs. "sick" bodies, nutrition and spa culture.

SEPTEMBER 25th: FITNESS

Drilled and agonized bodies, top athletic performance output as a mainstream trend.

SEPTEMBER 26th: "BALLISTIC BODY"

Contemporary and ballroom dancing under the influence of the changing cultural technologies.

WITH Magda Albrecht (activist), Johannes Herber (former basketball progessional), Arianne Hoffmann (choreographer and personal trainer), Dr. Alice Lagaay (philosopher), Isabel Lewis (choreographer), Sandra Mamitzsch (political activist and curator re:publica), Dr. Katrin Solhdju (cultural scientist), Turbo Pascal (performance collective) and others