ceremony of renaming
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In order to enter a new land, one must have a new name - a name of their own choosing. Working in the land of the Belvedere Botanical Gardens, Alain Cailau and I led a ceremony of renaming.
Together we and the participants journeyed through the unknown phonemes and syllables within the body’s natural pronunciations until within, upon, or into us a new name appeared. Some names arose in another language, or non-existing languages, or sounds. Still, each new name represented a new identity, a new opportunity, a new knowing of self.
After a two-month residency with IDOCDE, the ceremony of renaming was one of a five-day intensive given by Alain and me for the IDOCDE 2021 Symposium in partnership with Impulstanz.
Watch video documentation here
Collaboration with Alain Caillau
Belvedere Botantical Gardens
IDOC-DE 2021 Symposium with Impulstanz
Vienna, July 2021
