Open Studios: Unbound Geographies – Reimagining Bodies, Borders, and the City on august 7th in Salzburg

On 7 August 2026, together with the Institute for Open Arts at the University Mozarteum Salzburg, we invite you to the public presentation of the workshop Unbound Geographies: Reimagining Bodies, Borders, and the City. The event takes place as part of our cooperation with the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg.

The three-week interdisciplinary workshop was initiated by Taiwo Jacob Ojudun, Uche Emmanuel Enechukwu, and Damilola Orukotan and explores how bodies, borders, and urban spaces are shaped by histories of colonialism, migration, displacement, and social transformation. Through movement research, performance, sound, scenography, installation, and collective spatial practices, participants examine borders not only as geographical divisions but also as embodied and lived experiences. Drawing on contemporary African performance practices and postcolonial perspectives, the workshop investigates how memory, identity, and belonging are inscribed in the body and negotiated within contemporary urban spaces.

Through this collaboration, we continue our commitment to artistic exchange, interdisciplinary practices, and collective forms of knowledge production across geographical and cultural contexts. The project creates a space to engage with questions of mobility, belonging, and social change through artistic research and performance.

7 August 2026, 6–8 pm
Institute for Open Arts
University Mozarteum Salzburg
Franz-Josef-Straße 18, 5020 Salzburg

Registration requested at: festspielhaus@schlingensief.com

The project is funded by the Province of Salzburg and realised in cooperation with the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg and the University Mozarteum Salzburg.

Photo: © Gbolahan