For Rituals and Visuals

For Rituals and Visuals: A Myth Under My Skin

Jaclyn and I met during a residency at the Artscape Gibraltar Center of the Arts, at Toronto Islands in July 2022. A week was enough to realise that we have a similar vision in how we perceive human relationships and the stories that underline them. Being both seduced by multilayered imagery, where mythical lurks through daily life, we gradually embraced the idea of a long term collaboration.

We like to look at our project as an undemanding process where strings from various directions will be pulled while exploring the crossing points in our creative work. It is rewarding to build on narratives from different cultures linking them to our personal stories. Sense of the place which provokes “sensing” our identity forms important part in our travels.

The title “For Rituals and Visuals: A Myth under my Skin” best describes the core of our project. These are short phrases taken from two poems by Jaclyn Piudik.

We met again for a week in Gascoigne, France, this July. It was a vital test for our collaborative ideas as well as to plan for the next year. With excitement and gratitude we realised that the rituals are deeply embodied in one meaningful slower paced culture. Awareness in simple daily rituals that we take for granted may unlock unexpected stories and lead to a spiritual depth. We think of this experience as the opposite of being increasingly “wired”. We perceive it as a firm support for the ecology of human relations.

Our way of working so far is exchanging visuals and words, observing their impact on our creative imagination.

We expect that in future the conversation will gradually expand including think alike creatives internationally.

With great thanks to all our supporters!