Abstract: This text proposes to read the work of Gilbert Simondon from a question for skin and contact. Its conceptualization of the limit and the relationship in L’Individuation à la lumière des notions de forme et d’information allows conceptual lines to be drawn to think about the skin and the contact, and a dialogue to be establish between his philosophy and corporal and artistic practices from somatics and dance fields. To read Simondon’s philosophy in dialogue with sensitive experiences allows to understand some of the central concepts of his philosophical work and original conceptualizations that are elaborated in the crossing.

Resumen: El presente texto propone un recorrido por la obra de Gilbert Simondon a partir de una pregunta acerca de la piel y el contacto. Su conceptualización del límite y de la relación en La individuación a la luz de las nociones de forma y de información permite trazar líneas conceptuales para pensar el contacto en un diálogo con prácticas corporales y artísticas del campo de las técnicas somáticas y de la danza. La lectura de Simondon en diálogo con experiencias sensibles permite entender algunos de los conceptos centrales de su obra y conceptualizaciones originales que se elaboran en el cruce.

Resumo: O presente artigo propõe retomar certos aspectos teóricos e práticos do método Feldenkrais, compreendendo-o como método somático que pretende deslocar a perspectiva do trabalho corporal sobre um corpo-objeto para a de uma educação centrada na atenção através do movimento. O estudo filosófico de tal deslocamento permite discutir seus efeitos conceituais e concretos a partir de uma tripla caracterização dessa atenção (awareness): dinâmica, diferencial e tendencial. Cada uma dessas características é estudada uma a uma, a partir de exemplos concretos da prática, de citações de textos de Feldenkrais, e retomando uma referência fundadora: a lei de Weber-Fechner.

Abstract: Our proposal in this paper aims at clarifying some of the theoretical and practical assumptions of the Feldenkrais method, considering the change implied by his project of a somatic method that does not want to exercise a body-object, but much more to teach what he named awareness through movements. A philosophical study of such a change allows us to discuss its concrete and conceptual effects, from a triple characterization of this awareness: dynamic, differential, and made of tendencies. Each one of those three aspects is successively considered studying some examples of the lessons, some Moshe Feldenkrais writings and a historical reference: the Weber-Fechner law.

Résumé: Le présent article propose de reprendre certains aspects théoriques et pratiques de la méthode Feldenkrais, en tant que cette méthode somatique annonce déplacer la perspective d'un travail corporel sur un corps-objet vers celle d'une éducation à certaine attention à travers le mouvement. L'étude philosophique d'un tel déplacement permet d'en discuter les effets conceptuels et concrets à partir d'une triple caractérisation de cette attention (awareness): dynamique, différentielle et tendancielle. Chacun de ces caractères est étudié tour à tour, à partir d'exemples concrets de la pratique, de citations de textes de Feldenkrais, et en revenant sur une référence fondatrice: la loi de Weber-Fechner.