
Body Territory
Interviews
This section contains three interviews intended to hear distinct artists elaborating ideas about Body Territory. Beginning the interview asking for their first thoughts when they hear the words Body Territory, very different concepts arise, from post-humanistic, fluid female perspectives to social-cultural contexts.
I am not trying to elaborate a scientific research. Instead, I want to offer the possibility of opening the space for investigations that can still go on beyond body social constructions. How could it be possible to imagine the territories of the body without a thorough examination of what the body is? What is its extent, its transformations, and how is it perceived and affected by and affecting the surrounding? For this reason, these interviews focus on people with the body as a primary focus in their work.
I am still far from acquiring all answers with these interviews. These three examples will not speak for everyone. I cannot generalize "people's skin colour, body shapes, abilities, features and sex/gender" (R. Longhurst). But I can tackle the topic of body territory from different angles and share deep questions and reflections regarding our own body, the other’s body and the bodies in our environment.

Meet The Interviewees

Pêdra Costa
Pêdra Costa, a groundbreaking, formative Brazilian visual and urban Anthropologist, Performer and Tarot Reader based in Berlin, in an interview under the theme Body Territory, opens our senses to perceive a “nature call,” emphasizing the importance of new spaces in arts with a focus on dance.
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Amna Mawaz
In an interview focused on the perspective of Body Territory, Amna´s Mawaz, appointed choreographer from the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, author and performance director, discusses complex ideas about the Body and its transformation.

Rzouga Selmi
In the third interview on Body Territory, Rzouga Selmi, aka Shayama AlQueer, a Tunesian Queer Refugee, Activist, Dragqueen, and DJ, reveals their perspective on body boundaries and their cultural narrative.
Pedra, Anna, and Rzouga are conscious of their body transformation through the mobility in geographical spaces and how they construct their bodies as artists in dialogue with their audience. These intriguing interviews open possibilities to evolve the notion of body boundaries.



