Transmigration Express

 


Sanatorium Handout


Sanatorium Manifesto

SANATORIUM MANIFESTO IN PROGRESS
 

[commentaries on the affinity

and/or critical distance to

the identifiable sources

of the current therapies ]


SANATORIUM takes COGNITIVE SCIENCES
out of BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
and into A THEATRE OF PROOF
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SHAMANISM

out of ETHNOGRAPHICAL SPECIFICITY
and into INSTRUCTION BASED ACTIVITIES
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

CURATORIAL PRACTICE

out of THE SYSTEM OF ART OBJECTS
and into THE NARRATIVES OF THE SELF
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

ANGER MANAGMENT

out of 12-STEP PROGRAMS
and into SOCIAL CATHARSIS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

WORSHIP

out of RELIGION
and into SECULAR MEANINGFULNESS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SORCERY

out of THE GLOOM
and into RATIONAL INTENTIONALLITY
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

PROXEMICS

out of ANTHROPOLOGY
and into WARM-UP ROUTINES
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

out of DIAGNOSTICS
and into TACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

ONTHOLOGY

out of PHYLOSOPHY
and into THE OCCAM’S RAZOR OF ALGEBRA
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

CONFESSION

out of THE ECONOMY OF GUILT
and into INNOCUOUS HERSAY
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

SINESTHESIA

out of POETICS
and into EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

ORACLES

out of ESOTERISM
and into GAME THEORY
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

BODY LANGUAGE

out of LOCAL CULTURAL SYNTAX
and into AN UNIVERSALTHESAURUS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

VISUAL ORDINANCE

out of ICONOGRAPHY
and into SELF-MADE MANDALAS
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

LITERARY FORM

out of CULTURAL VALUE
and into A PERSONAL RHETORIC
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

MEDITATION

out of SPIRITUALITY
and into AESTHETIC PURSUIT
 

SANATORIUM

 

takes

 

RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING

out of SELF-HELP
and into PRACTICAL JOKES
 

SANATORIUM

 

AIMS TO BE A TOOL

IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SOCIATRY * 

 

*The technique of Healing Social Systems 

 

 

Pedro Reyes

Brooklyn, may 2011


The Museum Of Hypothetical Lifetimes

 

 

In this activity there is a scale model of a museum; on the wall you’ll find shelves with a number of small figures with which you may find a formal realization to their internal worlds. The figures from which they can choose should represent as complete as possible a cross-section of all inanimate and animate beings which we encounter in the external world as well as in the inner imaginative world: trees, plants, stones, marbles, mosaics, wild and domesticated animals, ordinary women and men pursuing various activities, soldiers, fairytale figures, religious figures from diverse cultural spheres, houses, fountains, bridges, ships, vehicles, etc. The “therapist” will play the role of a curator who will help you to install a scale version of an exhibition about your life. Not only from your birth to the present, but including future events, key images and objects will be arranged in the space narrating in this way your past an future life as an exhibition.

 

 

Key to the galleries in The Museum of Hypotetical Lifetimes

1)   The Cradle 

2)   The Father
3)   The Mother
4)   Grandmother
5)   Grandfather
6)   Grandmother
7)   Grandfather
8)   Play space -shrinking
9)   Education -growing
10) Youth
11) Workspaces -career
12) Personal Life
13) Unused potential
14) Death (exit)

 


Visiting Sanatorium

 

 

Sanatorium is located at the storefront level of 1 Metrotech Center with an entrance at 345 Jay Street, in downtown Brooklyn, New York. Hours are Thursdays, June 2 and 9, 2–10 pm; Fridays, June 3 and 10, 2–10 pm; Saturdays, June 4 and 11, 10 am–10 pm; and Sundays, June 5 and 12, 10 am–10 pm. Visitors may select up to three sessions from a choice of over 15, with registration times offered every two hours. On Sundays, June 5 and 12, special sessions will be offered for families, with complimentary admission for two children (12 and under) per purchased ticket. Advance registration is required. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for members. Discounted rates are available for groups of 10 or more. To learn about specific sessions, find directions, and purchase tickets, visit guggenheim.org/stillspotting.


Exhibition:  stillspotting nyc / Sanatorium by Pedro Reyes


Venue: 1 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York


Dates:  June 2–5, June 9–12, 2011



Sanatorium At The Guggenheim Museum’s Stillspotting NYC

 

 

“New Yorkers are notably fascinated with a variety of therapies that help them cope with their hectic schedules, demanding lifestyle choices, and often complicated relationships that the city stimulates. As a result, New York counts a disproportionate number of psychotherapists, self-improvement instructors, life coaches, and the like that host intriguing sessions in equally fascinating spaces around the city. In his temporary clinic, Sanatorium (installed as the first edition of stillspotting nyc in Brooklyn), artist Pedro Reyes combines the best of New York’s existing therapy landscape with unexpected, short, experimental treatments. In two-hour windows, Sanatorium visitors experience up to three sessions from a choice of 15 and meet a series of fascinating therapy professionals. Balancing reality and parody, Sanatorium draws from Gestalt psychology, theater warm-up exercises, Fluxus events, conflict resolution techniques, trust-building games, corporate coaching, psychodrama, and hypnosis. While some of the sessions should be experienced alone, others are specifically catered to couples and larger groups. On Sundays, special sessions will be offered for children.”

 

Source: http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/stillspotting-nyc