The first screening session of The Shape of a Practice featured film and performance that negotiates different research practices of archiving, and enacting embodied relationships.

Screening sessions and artist talks concluded each nightly program of The Shape of a Practice, showcasing and creating windows into a variety of artistic practices. The first event presented artist Tia-Simone Gardner’s film contributions The Un-Vessel (with Anna van Voorhis) and There is something in the Water. These are followed with a performance entitled Hopium Economy by artists Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann.