a guided practice on expiration
in the park on top of the hill in the middle of the city
surviving by expiration
the sound of sighing as the sound of letting go
a guided practice on sighing
letting go of the exhaustion
shifting the perspective
letting go of the need to change, consume, control, affect, design
letting go by sighing
doing less as a way to approach the environmental crises
doing less as a way of surviving
surviving by expiration. surviving by letting go
a guided breathing practice, a practice of expiration, of sighing, a practice of the sound of expiration, a performative gesture
05/09/2021 / Samppalinnanpuisto park / Turku / New Performance Turku 2021
18/08/2022 / Trafohaus / documenta fifteen / Kassel, Saksa
04/09/2022 / Kalaja e Prizrenit / Prizren, Kosovo
almost exactly a year ago, the performative gesture took place on top of the hill where the ancient fortress used to be in a city through which the river flows to the baltic sea / tomorrow the performative gesture takes place on the hill where the ruins of the ancient fortress still stand, next to the city where the river flows towards the mediterranean sea [03/09/2022]
This work has been supported in part by the Mustarinda Society, a private not-for-profit organization, and Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike).
Photo: Joona Mäkelä