The wild. I have drunk it deep and raw, and heard its primal unforgettable roar… we are animal in our blood and skin. We were not born for pavements and escalators but for thunder and mud… Artists, who remember their wildness better than most, are animal artists, lifting their heads to sniff a quick wild scent in the air…’
Jay Griffiths – Wild.
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My practice belongs outside.
Exploring relationships.
Non-verbal / silent contact.
One-to-one.
I Matter / You Matter / We Matter – matter makes contact – aliveness of US – reciprocal by its very nature
Articulate with elements and material – purity of material (Arte Povera)
Continuous and Still
Elemental Contact – wet, liquid, hot, primal, animal, plant, non-human.
Shared Self-hood – plurality of the wild – and yet one-to-one focused / specific encounters.
Elemental rather than manufactured – instinct for doing things – trust this – follow instinct – and how it meets the world
‘I don’t know why but I’m drawn here’
Make the work in order to find out
Confidence and fierceness.
Touch and Contact.
What is it that I want to touch? And how?
Time – duration and time spent in contact.
Quiet place with it / Silence / time stops
Simplicity.
‘Females’ Angela Long-Chu
Robin Wall Kimmerer
‘Creatures that have a much more integrated and continuous existence than we do’ ‘I’m going to die and all of this will keep going’
Immortality project – how to be in control, on top of everything.
Methods
Regular time in nature, no agenda, following instinct.
Exploring play of submission / receptivity / allowing IN and domination / yang / attention OUT – exploration of natural power.
What matters in times of crisis? Uncertainty?
Primal prayers. ‘Original Beauty / Goodness / Wholeness / Belonging’
How do we step out of the fear / control / abuse of power / stress narrative?
Finding fresh ways to document non-verbal contact.
Mothodologies
Somatic practices – ritual – allies – incantations – slowing down – foot / belly led.
Simplicity
INstinct
Plurality of the wild – a multi-dimensional relationship connection to many forces of Otherness but
it’s a prostration of oneness.
Its an abandonment of Self containment / self-consciousness / shame
It’s a celebration of life, body and sensuality.
Raw visceral instinctual primal body –this body : is nature.
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