‘Subtle! Subtle!’ - a transdisciplinary project at Bern University of the Arts (HKB), Autumn 2011

The project featured a collaboration with the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction therapist Dr. Roman von Wartburg, and concluded with a ‘Dishu’-inspired performance featuring the artist Luo Mingjun. Other Topics: The butterfly effect, pareidolia, apophenia, Chonosuke Okamura, Wu Wei, Judo / Jiu Jitsu, the ‘Nudge’ method of effecting change, Sunzi Bingfa, (a critical look at) homeopathy and ESP, the cosmic microwave background radiation, Charles Darwin, water tasting, connoisseurship of the bland (Francois Jullien), wabi-sabi, paranormal voice recordings, cold reading, signal vs noise, Peter Schmidt: “In a roomful of shouting people, the one who whispers becomes interesting.”