Letting the Body Lead

• Main Author: Boggs, Amanda
• Format: Others
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2020
• Subjects: embodiment; fine arts; somatic; improvisation; practice; social practice; Art Practice; Digital Humanities; Film Production; Fine Arts; Philosophy of Mind; Photography
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/953; https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2039&context=masters_theses_2

Letting the Body Lead is an exhibition and workshop series that focuses on embodiment in social context and invites attendees to engage with the work, both as viewers and active participants. Embodiment in social context refers to the understanding of lived experiences in the body. Within my creative practice, I explore the body's creativity, knowledge, and agency while bridging and brining together the fields of fine arts, movement-based and socially just art making. I believe in the transformative potential of how movement and contemplative practices can support a more liberated way of being both within an individual and, by extension, within broader communities and social movements.