ceremony of renaming

Scroll

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.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20210728_133320.jpg

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


 
bot 1.jpg
Next
Next

a trip to the grocery