I am what you see

Appear by disappearing: The name of this workshop describes a drama that young people have been living for some time now, a drama that has become more acute because of Covid-19. The creation of a digital image, the use of filters etc., is increasingly distancing young people from reality, leading them to something unreal, fake and as a result, rendering their true identity…invisible! This drama calls for an empathetic response. The psychologist Carl Rogers, one of the first to develop the concept of empathy, states that: “empathy is the ability to use the tools of verbal and nonverbal communication to put oneself in another person’s shoes, partially identifying with his or her subjective world in the context of an authentic, non-judgmental acceptance”.

Through performances and works of art (such as, The artist in present by Marina Abramovich and The Girl with a Turban (aka the Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer) this workshop invites participants to rediscover or to return to the art of gazing. Some questions that are used in the process are: Does the other person’s gaze question me or speak to me? Can I look you in the eyes for more than five seconds?

Subject area:

Emotional and relational well-being

Age group:

Secondary School, level II

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