We began Inactivity practice in an online format during the lockdown, when we already got tired of being forced to adopt new conditions, of an abundance
of events, information and permanent uncertainty, and of an high disturbing
context. For three months we have met weekly. Regular practice allowed us to disconnect from all affairs at least once a week for an hour, to create a special space of silence and inaction. After the lockdown, we continued to add the collective experience in an offline format.

We understand Inaction as a phenomenon, a prerequisite for an action. Our interest is to make this practice collective in order to expand the experience: as in our variation of action, we can find a variation of our inaction.

Within this framework, Inaction can be expressed as a rejection of the usual course of things and overaction. At this moment we have the will and come closer to our real self, to our real needs. Through the Inaction practice, we observe how inaction lives in a body, what actions our body chooses to be inactive, and shared the bodily experience of doing nothing.

At the moment we are interested in the performative micro-practices format – an almost invisible integration of artistic practice into real life. There is a space for (in)active action in the performative gesture and everyday reality synthesis. (In)active action is a method that we take as a basis for creating a personal gesture in public spaces.

This is a rather wide frame that allows us to drift on various topics and helps to diversify the contact with the environment through small, nontrivial actions.

Doing a micro-action aimed at contacting the environment can be one of the entry points for a more conscious perception of the environment, as a kind of hitch that focuses our attention to what surrounds us.

The given micro-action frames reality. Thus, a frame that allows the performative action to happen is formed. It is the action itself that gives us an opportunity to reflect our subjective position and change the usual pattern of interaction with public space, both physically and mentally.

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF MICROPRACTICES?

A small action can be a reason for the regular scenario interruption, an opportunity to find out the personal position in a dialogue with the political, public and social body.

Our body reveals itself, first of all, through movement, which can become a personal gesture in relations with the environment, when there are no intermediaries. This gives us an opportunity to return to subjectivity, that in fact means, to an ability to resist all kinds of imposed influences from outside.