Living Traces, A Research-Based Live Art Project Between Nature, the Body, and the Porous City / HRC, LAB-U

Speaker: Presenter: Shyam Sunder Sirimalla; Performer: CHADO Organiser: <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/habitat/">Habitat Research Center-HRC</a> <a href="https://people.epfl.ch/shyam.sirimalla/?lang=en">Shyam sunder Sirimalla</a> <strong>Thursday, 17th September 2026, 14:00 <br> Venue: SG Foyer, EPFL (Architecture Building)</strong><br> <br> The concept of "Nature, Body, and Porous City," explored by CHADO, a Japanese calligraphy dancer from Hiroshima, is based on the research theme "Porous City" at the Habitat Research Center, EPFL. Just as cities emerge through an ongoing dialogue between human and natural processes, artworks also arise through the interaction of water, earth, and the human body. Using water and earth from Hiroshima as her ink, she creates works where nature, culture, place, and people converge in