Who

All participants (if the number exceeds 10 to 12 people, it’s possible to do the exercise in 2 groups)

Source et inspiration

Shared by Jay Jordan and Isabelle Frémeaux during Utopies réalisables, a temporary collective artistic laboratory held at Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg, 2019

Where

A workspace

DURATION

5 minutes

MATERIALS

A line drawn on the floor

EXERCISE DESCRIPTION

The group stands facing a line drawn or marked on the floor. A question is asked, offering two “poles” at each end of the line. Without thinking too much, each participant spontaneously positions themself according to how they perceive themself along the line, i.e. somewhere between the two poles, or at one of the extremities. After this first placement, there is a moment in which to readjust one’s position in relation to the others. Once everyone’s positions have stabilized, participants observe their own placement, then everyone returns to the starting point. Within Reboot, this exercise has been used with prompts such as: artists / educators, performative body / sensitive body, audience member / art critic, etc. (these prompts are examples only). Afterward, the group can discuss the effects of the exercise and the issues raised.