How do I know when I know that I know what I know ...

Researched and Facilitated by John Kurzynowski

Presented 3 July 2019 as part of the BRINK Festival (London)

I encounter a practice and it encounters me. How do I develop my own knowing-how to execute this established practice based on my limited knowing-what the practice is or requires? Through the practicing of this new practice how do I then understand profoundly, intuitively and empathetically – or grok, as coined by Robert A. Heinlein – the original practice? Does the practice grok me in return? And when do I know that I’ve successfully grokked this practice through the practicing of my practice of the practice?

Through an individualised performative event, I invited participants to encounter a durational practicing of a practice of practicing practice, during which time I attempted to determine how I know when I know that I know WHAT I know about practicing my practice of practicing practices.

Featured Participant: Adam Johnson
Photos: Jemima Yong
Video: Matthew Kaltenborn

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