Gesti Quotidiani

Whether it is a beautiful gesture, demonstrative or irreparable, useful or purposeless, explicit or mysterious, daily, repetitive or unique, the gesture has always left its mark. Do we think only for a moment how many gestures we do every day, without knowing or remembering why? What we are facing is an (im)possible project: to recover the gesture.But where does it come from, what does it...

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The gesture according to Agamben

The essence of the gesture. (Inside the Gesto. A reflection on Giorgio Agamben thoughts about the gesture). A gesture is sometimes a non-verbal sign, but that’s not all it is. It derives from gestus, a word that indicates every attitude of the body, of the person. In an act, a person does not communicate a certain meaning or purpose, but the pure communicability of that act...

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Artist’s Johanna’s Tagada’s guide on some of her favorite gestures.

Johanna Tagada (b.1990 - Strasbourg, France) is a painter and interdisciplinary artist based in London. Until 2010 she studied Fine Arts and Textile Design at Haute École des Arts du Rhin. Following her studies, she assisted artists Yoshitomo Nara and Ming Wong for selected projects. Johanna Tagada’s practice composed of painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, film, photography and writing, often conceals ecological messages, rendered in soft...

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To do this week: Take a Gesto Initiative

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As easy as breathing

A simple everyday meditation to take before waking up or whenever you want to. A visualization of the breath. Sit in a comfortable position with your back upright, on whatever seat you are: on the sofa, on a chair in the office, on the subway, on an airplane, on your mat. Close your eyes and relax.   Begin to inhale from the nose and visualize...

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