community development - Blog - Fearlessness Movement2024-03-29T01:13:00Zhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/blog/feed/tag/community+developmentArts-Based Approach & Manifesto: Studio M* Beginshttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/blog/arts-based-approach-manifesto-studio-m-begins2017-09-08T13:51:33.000Z2017-09-08T13:51:33.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1995922?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1995922?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"></a></p>
<p>The above logo (I created) is Barbara and my <strong>new collaboration</strong> as artists-researchers-teachers, as we have just moved back to Canada and settled in Calgary, Alberta. <strong>Studio M*</strong> is a place and space for us to co-create with the <strong>Calgary Community</strong> (in particular the Beltline Neighborhoods downtown), and beyond that with anyone in the world who wishes to be in collaboration with us and wants to utilize Studio M*. Barbara has posted an initial blog (<a href="https://barbarabickelart.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">"Barbara Bickel tumblr"</a>) on this project, and the location of McHugh House (120 yrs. old) where our studio 6 space is--which I encourage you to have a look at some of the earliest stages of our creating and imagining. We're very excited about the possibilities... </p>
<p>As for why this is important to the Fearlessness Movement per se, I would encourage you to read the Studio M* Manifesto (version/exhibit #1.0), I have reprinted the Manifesto below (notice the particular reference to "without fear")... So, if you are interested to be a signatory of this Manifesto contact us r.michaelfisher52 [at] gmail.com and if you are traveling and want to drop by the studio to see what is going on, and if wish to join our Studio M* envisioning processes, then WE INVITE YOU to participate and help build a synergy that can make a positive difference. We look forward to hearing from you. If you are interested in doing some kind of creative/artistic <strong>Residency</strong> with us, give us an email: r.michaelfisher52 [at] gmail.com and we can talk about potentials for you using Studio M* ... that is, if you find our Manifesto in some way resonates with you and your work in the world... </p>
<p><b>Studio M* : Manifesto</b> Exhibit #1.0 (Aug.-Sept., 2017)</p>
<p> WE are a research creation lab intersecting Arts, Culture & Healing</p>
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<li>WE are committed to an inclusive & expansive curatorial practice that stems from the Latin root <i>curare-</i> “to take care”</li>
<li>EVERYTHING is encountering others, human & more-than-human, a tableau of unique creative collaborations</li>
<li>WE commit to a Matrixial co-poetic paradigm of Artworkings in radical trust</li>
<li>WE practice a co-relational Aesthetic as foundational and preceding the Ethical, while both ought to inform the shape of the Political</li>
<li><strong>WE live with the premise that EVERYTHING began without fear... imagine that!</strong></li>
<li>SPONTANEITY is the life-blood-water of play, humour, sociality, sustainability, health & ecological sanity</li>
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<p><i>Signatories:</i></p>
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<p>*M stands for “Matrixial” theory based on Bracha L. Ettinger’s art & philosophy. See, for e.g., her book <i>The Matrixial Borderspaces</i> published in 2005 by University of Minnesota Press. Or a good video of Ettinger with art historian Griselda Pollock, go to "Istanbul in/+ Leeds Event 3: Making with Bracha Ettinger": <a href="http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqwWIr3WjxU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqwWIr3WjxU</a><a href="http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqwWIr3WjxU" target="_blank"><br></a></p>
<p>Studio M* is a restorative and transformational learning, teaching, and creative inquiry space for all. Co-conceived by artists-researchers-teachers Drs. Barbara Bickel and R. Michael Fisher. </p>
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