{"id":26699,"date":"2025-04-08T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/project\/creating-the-link-marje-hirvonen-said-gharbi-max-greyson\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:53:03","slug":"creating-the-link-marje-hirvonen-said-gharbi-max-greyson","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/project\/creating-the-link-marje-hirvonen-said-gharbi-max-greyson\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating the Link – Marje Hirvonen, Sa\u00efd Gharbi, Max Greyson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Creating the Link – Marje Hirvonen, Sa\u00efd Gharbi, Max Greyson<\/h1>\n

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The residency Creating the Link focuses on exploring the intersection of body language, sensory perception and the relationship between performers and audiences. The unique artistic trio – Max Greyson, a leading innovator in artistic Audio Description, Sa\u00efd Gharbi, a pioneering blind dancer, and Marje Hirvonen, a choreographer exploring the edges of embodiment – challenges conventional performance and invites audiences into a world where movement is experienced beyond sight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marje Hirvonen, Sa\u00efd Gharbi and Max Greyson will be in artistic residence at L.I.K. \u2013 Laboratory for Inclusive Culture for two weeks in April 2025.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About the Residence<\/h2>\n

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During the residency, artists Marje Hirvonen, Sa\u00efd Gharbi<\/span> and Max Greyson will explore innovative ways to structure experimentation in space, seeking to create a setup that provides both safety and artistic challenge for blind dancers and blind audiences.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The residency will begin with exploring how external interactions – such as those on the street and <\/span>everyday encounters – can inspire pure expressions of body language. By alternating between active interaction and passive observation, the artists will allow the world around them to influence their movement practice, focusing on gestures and commonly used verbal expressions. They will examine which aspects of body language are shaped by culture or social norms and which are uniquely individual. <\/span>How aware are <\/span>perfo<\/span>r<\/span>mers<\/span> of their <\/span>ow<\/span>n nonverbal communication? <\/span>How can Audio Description (AD) support and enhance their creative process?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A key aspect of the residency will be investigating physical and verbal interaction, focusing on the senses and examining how vision and sound relate to movement and text. The artists will also explore the effects of<\/span> s<\/span>ensory and physical absence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The final stage of the residency will focus on the relationship between performers and <\/span>their audience<\/span>. The artists propose that proximity to the audience creates intimacy, which fosters a richer flow of information and greater access to imagination.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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External participants will be invited to engage in the process, trying out different tools and contributing to the research through observation and interaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dance Workshop<\/h2>\n

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23 April 2025 <\/span><\/b>I<\/span><\/b> 7 PM <\/span><\/b>I<\/span><\/b> Un-Label Studi<\/span><\/b>o<\/span><\/b>,<\/span><\/b> Hosterstra\u00dfe<\/span><\/b> 1-5, Cologne<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We invited dancers and other interested participants<\/span> with and without visual impairments<\/span> to join our research residency on April 23, 7 PM at the <\/span>Un-Label Studio in Cologne<\/span><\/b>. The group played with proximity, audience, body<\/span> and language – experimenting with <\/span>physical and verbal interaction by sharpening the senses.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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How do vision and sound shape movement and text? And what happens in their absence? We investigated new ways of perceiving, moving<\/span> and communicating\u2014through touch, sound<\/span> and presence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The workshop took place in English spoken language.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Artists<\/h2>\n

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Marje Hirvonen<\/h3>\n

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Marje Hirvonen<\/a> is a choreographer, performer<\/span><\/span> and artist. Born in Finland, she studied dance at the University for Music and Dance Cologne and later completed a <\/span>Master’s in Performance<\/span> Making at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work <\/span>operates<\/span> at the intersection of performance and activism, exploring themes such as queerness, desire, and the political body. Her performances have been presented internationally, including\u202f<\/span><\/span>Die Masse<\/span><\/span>\u202f(Goethe-<\/span>Institut<\/span> Bangalore<\/span>),\u202f<\/span><\/span>Against the Current<\/span><\/span>\u202f(documenta fifteen), and\u202f<\/span><\/span>Like<\/span>, really cunt<\/span><\/span>\u202f(Heidelberg Queer Festival). In 2023, she won the Cologne Women\u2019s Theatre Prize for her concept\u202f<\/span><\/span>anna<\/span><\/span>. Her latest project,\u202f<\/span><\/span>MATUA<\/span><\/span>, a multimedia video installation, was created in collaboration with a Tanzanian street dance company. In addition to her artistic practice, she also works as a co-curator.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sa\u00efd Gharbi<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Sa\u00efd Gharbi\u202fwas born in Morocco and moved to Belgium with his family in the late ’60s. He became blind at the age of 14. As <\/span>a<\/span> young adult, <\/span>Sa\u00efd <\/span>met Flemish choreographer Wim Vandekeybus \/ Ultima Vez in 1992 while studying at the <\/span>Brailleliga<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>After numerous collaborations with Vandekeybus (1992-2001) Sa\u00efd founded the company ‘Les BGM’ and created several dance-theat<\/span>re<\/span> pieces together with Ana Stegnar. His solo performance\u202f<\/span>Clair Obscur<\/span><\/i>\u202f(Les BGM, 2015) was directed by Ivan Vrambout. In 2016, Sa\u00efd joined Ultima Vez again and performed in <\/span>\u202f<\/span>Mocumentary of a Contemporary Saviour.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0
\u00a0For more than a decade, Sa\u00efd has been involved in dance and <\/span>theatre<\/span> projects in Belgium and abroad (France, Germany, the Netherlands). He has worked as<\/span> an<\/span> actor and\/or dancer in various productions for cie Acajou, cie La Coma, Dries Verhoeven. Recently he participated in two short films\u202f<\/span>Music for Bat Caves<\/span><\/i>\u202fand Isomo project.<\/span>\u00a0
In recent years, Sa\u00efd has participated in pedagogical project<\/span>s<\/span>, teaching at Down the Barriers (2013, Tunis), Atelier de transmission p\u00e9dagogique et d’\u00e9change artistique (2014, Antananarivo, Madagascar), Festival de Marseille, Danse et arts multiples (2015), Capacitas (2015, Barcelona) and Festival Potfiction (2016, Germany).<\/span> Sa\u00efd also<\/span> facilitates <\/span>workshops on raising awareness of visual impairment for various associations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Max Greyson<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Max Greyson<\/span><\/a> is a poet, performer and theatre maker from Antwerp. He tours Flanders and The Netherlands as a solo spoken word performer and he is a core artistic member of Un-Label<\/span>. Max Greyson became <\/span>vice-champion at the Dutch National Championships of Poetry Slam<\/span> in 2015 and a year later his debut collection<\/span> of poems<\/span>\u202f<\/span>Waanzin went niet<\/span><\/i>\u202fwas published by De Arbeiderspers. In 2019 his second collection\u202f<\/span>Et Alors<\/span><\/i>\u202fwas published by\u202fthe same publisher, as well as his debut novel\u202f<\/span>Een waarschijnlijk toeval<\/span><\/i> in 2021 and his third poetry collection\u202f<\/span>Dramaturgie van het loslaten<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Since 2019 he has been appointed artistic researcher at the Royal Antwerp Conservatoire. In his research projects <\/span>ArtInAD<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Speaking Figures<\/span><\/i>, he develops methods for the artistic integration of audio-description for <\/span>blind and visually impaired <\/span>people <\/span>and other forms of <\/span>\u201cA<\/span>esthetics of <\/span>A<\/span>ccess<\/span>\u201d<\/span> in contemporary dance and music theatre.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>He is also the artistic director of ARType vzw, a company that creates music theatre productions, co-produces socially relevant artistic projects and supports artists to develop their inclusive practice.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Credits: 1 + 3) Sa\u00efd Gharbi, 2) Marje Hirvonen, 3) Max Greyson<\/p>\n

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About the residence programme by Un-Label<\/h2>\n

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Un-Label\u2019s artist residencies provide artists with disabilities with the opportunity to realise their own creative projects while receiving targeted support. The\u00a0Labor f\u00fcr inklusive Kultur (L.I.K.)<\/strong>\u00a0in Cologne serves as a central space where artists with disabilities can connect, collaborate, and work in an inclusive environment. In addition to financial, personnel, and logistical support, the residencies focus on interdisciplinary and intersectional collaboration. Un-Label also partners with cultural networks to establish accessibility and long-term support for artists with disabilities within the arts sector.<\/p>\n

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