The inner playground. An audio journey by Tim Holland

Written by Beata Absalon

All the workshops and sessions and dirty playgrounds are places we visit because we want to experience ourselves differently, to encounter others, to become others. Transformation, change, becoming other, becoming close, metamorphoses, turning inside out, turning outside in, being turned inside out, being lifted somewhere else, going through the ceiling and deep into the earth, wondering, marveling, being surprised and touched by the unknown and the un/known, everything in, everything out, inventing the un/heard, sensing, approaching, circling around, trying, tempting. But all the workshops and sessions and games are not accessible to us right now, pause, lockdown, retreat, distance. I therefore recommend this fine guide to "becoming an alien" by my dear and talented friend Tim for all those who still want to experience the physical with "Huiuiuiuiuiuiui!" feelings, which will make you feel completely different...

The best way to do this is to go to an undisturbed place with your headphones on, press play and follow the instructions...

 

After training as a bookseller, Tim Holland studied at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. He reads, writes, translates, edits, moderates, runs writing workshops and publishes texts - online and offline. In spring 2016, his poetry collection vom wuchern was published by Gutleut Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. vom wuchern was honored by Literaturhaus Berlin as one of the "Poetry Books of the Year 2016". In 2017, he founded hochroth Verlag Munich together with Tristan Marquardt. Tim Holland is currently working on a science fiction verse epic.

 
Beata Absalon

As a cultural scientist, Beata researches "other states", such as childbirth, mourning, hysteria, sleep, radical happiness & collective (kill-)joy or sadomasochistic practices. After initially investigating how ropes can induce active passivity - through bondage, but also in puppetry or political activism - she is currently doing her doctorate on inventive forms of sexual education. Her theoretical interest stems from practice, as she likes to put herself and others into ecstatic states - preferably undogmatically: flogging with a leather whip or a bunch of dewy mint, holding with rope or a hug, playing with aggressive cuddling or loving humiliation, letting words or spit flow. Doing things that are out of the norm and out of the ordinary can be frightening and incredibly pleasurable at the same time. Beata designs workshops and sessions as experiential spaces for border crossings, where boundaries are crossed and found, vague and daring fantasies are explored together and a personal style is allowed to emerge.

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