Somatic鈥檚 Grocery
"Somatic鈥檚 Grocery" borrows its curatorial framework from the practice of somatics. This methodology includes various therapeutic and bodywork techniques aimed at promoting awareness that consciousness is shared between body and mind. The exhibition places the attention of 鈥渢he viewer鈥濃�攁 person who is not just a set of eyes but rather a complex network of perceptual systems鈥攁t the center of a structure meant to highlight bodily functions.
"Somatic鈥檚 Grocery" organizes artworks into display structures that mimic the layout of delis, highlighting their shared organizational strategies with art spaces. Presenting artworks according to an understanding of somatic principles, the exhibition points out how physical sensations connect to emotional experiences. Somatic鈥檚 Grocery proposes that the body鈥檚 capacity to store and process emotion is similar to the experience of cooking, eating, and digesting food
The interior architecture of commercial delis tends to fall into repeated visual structures: rows of chips line shelves leading to refrigerators full of drinks, periodicals surround cash registers, etc. The patterns of display and spatial organization create rhythms in a customer鈥檚 movement and affect their interactions with the items for sale. The consistent, albeit not identical, design decisions across different groceries means that the displays elicit a kind of muscle memory that shapes the choreography of their engagement with the space.
"Somatic鈥檚 Grocery" borrows its curatorial framework from the practice of somatics. This methodology includes various therapeutic and bodywork techniques aimed at promoting awareness that consciousness is shared between body and mind. The exhibition places the attention of 鈥渢he viewer鈥濃�攁 person who is not just a set of eyes but rather a complex network of perceptual systems鈥攁t the center of a structure meant to highlight bodily functions.
"Somatic鈥檚 Grocery" organizes artworks into display structures that mimic the layout of delis, highlighting their shared organizational strategies with art spaces. Presenting artworks according to an understanding of somatic principles, the exhibition points out how physical sensations connect to emotional experiences. Somatic鈥檚 Grocery proposes that the body鈥檚 capacity to store and process emotion is similar to the experience of cooking, eating, and digesting food
The interior architecture of commercial delis tends to fall into repeated visual structures: rows of chips line shelves leading to refrigerators full of drinks, periodicals surround cash registers, etc. The patterns of display and spatial organization create rhythms in a customer鈥檚 movement and affect their interactions with the items for sale. The consistent, albeit not identical, design decisions across different groceries means that the displays elicit a kind of muscle memory that shapes the choreography of their engagement with the space.
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