Hugging the Emptiness — A Werkstattwoche-Lüben-Talk with Renan Marcondes

About this episode

Renan Marcondes discusses the intersection of dance, visual art, and philosophy in his performances.

In this episode, Brazilian performance artist Renan Marcondes shares how dance, visual art, and philosophy merge into his powerful, durational performances. Trained in visual arts but drawn to movement, Renan discovered performance through a mix of accident, curiosity, and mentorship — and has since made it his medium for exploring vulnerability, death, and the human condition. During our talk at the Werkstattwoche, he speaks about daily discipline, the physical endurance behind eight-hour pe...

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Host: Petra Lossen

Guest: Renan Marcondes

Topics covered

• performance art
• dance
• visual art
• philosophy
• vulnerability
• human condition

Keywords

• performance
• art
• dance
• vulnerability
• human condition
• visual arts
• philosophy

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