Adults usually train babies. For one hour, a baby trains the adults.
Presented as part of Jiabao Li’s solo exhibition Womb Wetware, this participatory movement performance is led by her one-year-old daughter, Arwyn.
The session begins with a modified Butoh score. Participants slowly empty the adult body of its learned habits: standing properly, speaking clearly, moving efficiently, and always knowing what comes next. The body becomes an open shell, ready to receive another form of intelligence.
Then Arwyn takes over.
Participants are invited to observe and follow her crawling, wobbling,…

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