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From the Waters and The Art of Burial Workshop
How can we be together in grief through movement and sound? How can technology shape our rituals of the future? From the Waters strives to create community in the grief process and explore ways that one can remain in relationship with those who have passed on. This two hour practice explores ways we can reconnect with people, places, or parts of ourselves that we realize we have lost and yet still need to hold a place for in our lives. Carrie Ahern and Anne Hege will guide the workshop participants through a series of exercises that will become the building blocks for a ritual we will create together.
All participants are invited to bring a sonic memory of what they would like to reclaim. This could be an audio recording, an object that makes sound, or a spoken memory. These sounds will be uploaded into a computer so that they can be played as a sonic altar. Using movement, each participant will have a turn to compose/play the sonic altar. Simultaneously, participants will collectively "play" a sound environment triggered by their movements while holding a circle of rope. Calling on old practices of lifting an anchor or pulling up a sail, the group will pull the rope, as if pulling in what is lost. This workshop will be offered with The Art of Burial.
The Art of Burial
The Art of Burial is a 2 hour participatory fantasy burial ritual facilitated by Carrie Ahern. Limited to 7 participants, this ritual is an antidote to our cultural blindness to our inevitable mortality. By associating our own burial with pleasure and personal preference and giving each participant measures of control and surrender it lessens the grip of fear about death. Ahern asks participants to imagine their own burial as if they are alive. What does their body want? This burial is not about any real scenario but is open to each participant's imagination. What does this fantasy burial feel like, look like, sound like, smell like? What is its environment, its setting? After writing their burial wishes down, each person states their wishes out loud.
Finally, Ahern leads the other participants in the room to "enact" each person's burial for them while they themselves are completely passive. No dance or movement experience is needed to participate. Far from morbid, participants find The Art of Burial to be blissful take on a fearful topic. A few comments from participants ... 'blissful and empowering' ....'a very special experience.' This workshop will be offered with the From the Waters workshop.
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LocationOakopolis Gallery (View)
447 25th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
United States
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| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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