Moving Untamed: Symposium on Artistic Research through Embodied Practices

Moving Untamed: Symposium on Artistic Research through Embodied Practices

This symposium investigates new modes of knowing and creating through somatic experience. The body — our primary means of being in the world — is perpetually in a state of becoming. Beyond its materiality, the body serves as a site of identity, existing in relation to others and to sociopolitical and cultural dynamics.

Grounded in embodiment as methodology, the symposium places lived experience at the centre of inquiry, examining how movement challenges dominant narratives, reorients perception, and reshapes structures and processes. The gathering aims to foster a space for active participation and exchange, where varied contributions come together to generate a rich critical and creative dialogue around artistic research.

🔗 Read more about the event and its open call here!

About the Organiser

The event is organised by Myrto Noa in collaboration with STPLN, where she is currently a Lab Member. Myrto Noa is a somatic therapist and movement researcher from Greece, based in Malmö. She holds an academic background in journalism and cultural studies, has experience in dance, and has further trained in body psychotherapy. She has attended numerous workshops and intensives in somatic practices, including Core Awareness, Skinner Releasing Technique, Butoh, Zhineng Qi Gong, and the Tamapla art/life process.

Myrto Noa holds a PhD from the Technical University of Athens, Greece, where her research explored the relationship between the body and the environment through the lenses of psychoanalysis and architecture. Her ongoing work centres on the connection between perception and movement, applying diverse somatic methodologies across her research projects.