Rituals of Embodied Knowing
Group exhibition @ cb1 Gallery
2023
In Feb 2023, we had the pleasure of joining an inspiring group of artists for a group exhibition exploring rituals of embodied knowing. This was the culminating exhibition in the Ritual Art Project we’d been involved in since early 2022.
Rituals of Embodied Knowing…
Curated by Sarah Tomasetti, this exhibition brought together ten established artists with diverse forms of practice that engage plants, video, sound, movement, painting, drawing and installation.
Artists are: Heather Hesterman, Adam Lee, Louise Weaver, Dominic Redfern, Harry Nankin, Chris Bond, Peter Ellis, Mark Newbound, Live Particle (Camilla Maling & Angela Clarke) and Sarah Tomasetti . These artists have been working together with an academic group on the project “Spiritual Understanding in a Secular Age: Engaging Art as Religious Ritual”, funded by the Templeton Religion Trust. Accompanying them were Yolngu artist Djirrirra Wunnumarra and emerging artist Uma Christensen.
Soma Kits (our contribution)
Tea-tree wood, Greywacke stone, rawhide leather, upcycled lycra. Sustainably sourced and respectfully gathered.
FOR EXPLORING THE INTELLIGENCE OF YOUR CELLS
Stick: bones - structure, resonance, locomotion
Fabric: connective tissue - malleability, reciprocity, fluidity
Leather: ligaments - bonds, clarity, tensegrity
Stone: organs - density, weight, time
These natural and synthetic objects operate as sensory metaphors and haptic/kinetic tools. Each object has a physiological reference correlating to a system or organ within you. The object’s shape, density, texture, colour malleability, and how you move and interact with it, informs your experience. All objects have had previous lives and we invite these histories into your time with them. Scan the QR code for how to use a Soma Kit.
Soma Scores - somewhere between workshop and performance
During the exhibition we offered a public event. We upscaled our Soma Kit and invited the public to engage in solo/group inquiry and composition using our unique sensory objects to generate embodied experiences within the gallery setting.
