Booking the Dreamcatcher for a performance / presentation / exhibition

 

Cilla Vee Life Arts

 

The Rhizomatic Collective Unconscious Dreamcatcher

 

a Motion Sculpture Movement Installation

durational performance and evolving sculpture

 

 

? WHO: Cilla Vee Life Arts

an interdisciplinary arts organization established 2002, Bronx NY. Currently based in Asheville NC at the Center for Connection + Collaboration. Tours internationally. Presents artistic work that crosses categories and blurs boundaries, often in the form of durational performance installation.

 

? WHAT: The Rhizomatic Collective Unconscious Dreamcatcher

a sculptural installation and performance that draws on traditions of weaving and the Native American dreamcatcher to express recurring forms in nature of the mycorrhizal fungi under the forest floor and the neural networks of the human brain – and how our collective unconscious plays out in archetypal symbols, myths and dreams.

 

? HOW: A continuously evolving sculpture

the dreamcatcher is hung from a secure structure and throughout the duration performers extend the sculpture throughout the space.

Performance methodologies combine Motion Sculpture movement with Archetypal Gestures and vocal chanting to assume the role of a Greek Chorus in conveying the message of the work.

 

? WHY: A Call To Action

* to explore the crucial subconscious and subterranean networks and systems of unification and connection in human society and in the natural environment.

* to recognize that our wellbeing is dependant on nurturing these systems and give a Call To Action to stop the destruction of the planet and ourselves.

* to acknowledge the history of environmental harmony practiced by indigenous nations.

 

? WHERE: At your event / venue / institution.

 

? WHEN: To be determined.

 

CONTACT: Claire Elizabeth Barratt – cillaveelifearts@gmail.com

 

DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

https://collective-unconscious-dreamcatcher.blogspot.com/2024/04/dreamcatcher-project-description.html

 

PHOTOS ON FLICKR:

Dreamcatcher at {Re}Happening:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/114531261@N02/albums/72177720316789379/

 

SHORT VIDEO EXCERPT:

https://youtu.be/b9VbMw0Lp_k 



photos of the dreamcatcher at Black Mountain College Museum's 12th annual {Re}Happening at Lake Eden NC - April 2024 - photo credit: Michael Oppenheim, Beth Starling




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