Exploring the Concept of "Untitled" in Art and Therapy

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Delve into the intriguing world of untitled artworks and the therapeutic significance of embracing the "in-betweenness" in a workshop led by Vilmant Aleksienė. Discover the layers of meaning hidden behind untitled paintings and engage in group improvisations focusing on sound sculptures and vignettes of "in-betweenness". Explore the therapeutic benefits of navigating the uncertainty of untitled phenomena in a liminal state of mind.

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Workshop UNTITLED Vilmant Aleksien , assoc. prof. Head of Arts Therapy Master Programme Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine & Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre 18th 20thApril, 2024

Vocal untitled warm-up

Untitled: What it mens to you? Imagine you're in a museum, looking at paintings, reading the titles, stepping back and looking again... Some paintings have an "Untitled" card. Questions for discussion: What kind of paintings are these untitled ? What does a word untitled communicate to you?

Group improvisation: Untitled sound sculptures

Untitled as a reason and condition of in-betweeness Metaxis (or metaxy) is the word used by Plato to describe the condition of in-betweenness . Metaxis has also been defined as attempt at assimilating opposing opposites or the state of belonging completely and simultaneously to two different autonomous worlds. The word metaxis also symbolises the state of observing both opposites. Such observation is not intended to identify with any one-sided Self. It is observation from a detached perspective - from a perspective in which the totality of both opposites can be seen (experienced, perceived).

In-betweeness of opposites Plato applied metaxis to spirituality, describing it's location as being between the human and the divine. We (humans) are suspended on a web of polarities / opposites: the one and the many, eternity and time, freedom and fate, cold and warm risk and safety, love and hate, Questions for discussion: Observe surroundings and yourself. Name opposites. What important is "in between" in your life?

Improvisation in groups: Vignettes of "in-betweenness"

Untitled" phenomena in therapy Aristotle s term catharsis means the release of , Plato s term metaxis means the union of In therapy, metaxis can be described as a liminal state of mind that requires staying in the untitled uncertainty of perceiving and integrating opposites. Questions for discussion: What are the therapeutic benefits of "untitled" phenomena?

Group improvisation: Beautiful beyond words . . . (Untitled)

The ideas of the workshop based on: Scruton, R. Modernioji kult ra (Modern Culture). Margi ra tai, 2024. Gudmonait , K. realyb siver iantis socialinio teatro fenomenas (The phenomenon of social theatre breaking into reality). Vilnius, 2023. Falconer, L. Metaxis: the transition between worlds and the consequences for education. Conference Innovative Research in Virtual Worlds . University of Coventr, 2011, Nov. Linds, W. Metaxis: Dancing (in) the in-between / A Boal Companion. Routledge, 2005.