We gather with weather - Agat Sharma 

On 12 January, there will be a public program to share the research of the current ATD artist-in-residence, the theatre-maker Agat Sharma. During this ongoing research, Agat is working with a team of staff and students from AHK and UvA, artists, scholars, programmers and weather experts to explore staging a storm. 
All are warmly invited to join for the program below to participate in the research process and get a glimpse of where the team have got to in their practical investigations so far.

Program
13.00-13.30
Welcome and introduction to the research. 
Location: ATD, Jodenbreestraat, IDlab

13.30-14.30
Dialogue with Nadia Bloemendaal
Assistant professor at the KNMI - Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute 
Expert on tropical cyclone risk 
Location: ATD, Jodenbreestraat, IDlab

14.30-15 Tea break
Location: ATD, Jodenbreestraat, IDlab

15-16:15 Sharing: Drawing Water from Stone (Staging the storm)
Drawing Water from Stone is our first attempt at staging a cyclonic super storm called Amphan which caused widespread damage in India and Bangladesh in 2020. The sharing is structured in the form of five songs (prayers) about the histories of this storm. Through the staging we are trying to find ways of thinking about/with the storm in a world which is being affected constantly by extreme weather events like floods, fires, draughts and storms.

Location: IDlab
Reservations click here

16:30-17:30 Post-sharing discussion with the team about the project.

• Download: the list of people involved (PDF)