I have been pondering over the last week about performance structures and approaches to performance. Been inspired (or even blow away) by Maurice Blok, whose performance I encountered at BIFPA15 in Belfast (organised by Brian Connolly) and Tomasz Szrama's work (which I'm yet to encounter, but I will - I will!). What Inspires me by their [...]
I have now been in Morni Hills around two weeks. It has been some quite quiet days here, though on the other hand the days has also flown away. The main activities I have been indulging in are: Walking One of the neighbours is called Krishna (something - it is hard to catch the endings [...]
Sitting on a hill, below mountains. The fog is slowly creeping through the valley and turning this little house into a vacuum. It is my third day in Morni Hills (or more specific Badi Sher) and each day I have taken the route down the hill to the river below. I can feel how I’m [...]
Sitting on my bed - a blanket and a thin mattress. My host "Man" (nick name of Suman) sit next to me rolling a joint and listening to music. He is great host along with all the other people I have met, here in Kolkata. Ok, the last few days have been very blurry for [...]
Firstly, Tea for 3-6: a pot of water add: -a tea spoon of grounded ginger -half a clove -2 pieces of crushed black pepper -pieces of raw cinnamon (two piece of 5cm, broken into pieces) -as much honey as you please boil for 20 minutes Secondly, I woke up. Getting out of bed around 16.00 (local [...]
I step out of the taxi onto mud, he points in the direction to my left. He does not speak English, so I follow the way he points. My hostel is meant to be here... somewhere... it is early morning and it is dark and I am by far the only person walking around with [...]
Everything is packed and I'm looking forward to the journey ahead, which is absolutely impossible to measure. Not that is the aim, though I have no idea what to expect and I feel very privileged to be in this situation and to experience this. I was meant to fly 20min ago, though due to heavy [...]