through the body - beyond the place
london festival of architecture

date. 2021

city. london

type. yoga & architecture workshop

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Through the Body / Beyond the Place

 

Virtual yoga class inspired by 5 installations in LFA 2021. Architect & Yoga instructor Nurullah Kaya guided this basic yoga practice through a series of moves and poses imbued with elements of selected installations. Participants viewed the works that motivates each movement as they connect breath and movement, focusing on flexibility, balance, and physical challenges. The class offers and alternative way of visiting and understanding LFA 2021.

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Is it possible to experience architecture through human body? This virtual yoga class offers an  alternative way to visit LFA 2021 for everyone all around the World. Architect & Yoga instructor Nurullah Kaya will guide this basic yoga practice through a series of moves and poses imbued with elements of 5 selected installations in the festival. Participants will view the works that motivates each movement as they connect breath and movement, focusing on flexibility, balance, and physical challenges. 

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Yoga and architecture that seem very different from each other even though the common points can not be noticed at first sight.  Both practices pay attention to the context of both internal and external world during the act of creating with intention to care and/or to cure the environment in spiritual and physical aspects. From the education to practice, these two practices, which works on concepts such as balance, rhythm, movement, emptiness, flexibility, and evaluate the whole process as a meaning research, in stead of having a final perfect product. Both of them are making effort to continue their practice with relation of body-space-time.  

 

This yoga class is an interdisciplinary platform in festival programme which invites participants to experiment 5 physical installations in LFA 2021 through their body no matter where they are.

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