Becoming a tree with a tree
Intellect
2022
lehtiartikkeli
Hyväksytty kirjoittajan käsikirjoitus - 34.43 MB
Arlander, A. (2022). Becoming a tree with a tree. Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices, 14(2), 231–248. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdsp_00081_1
Pysyvä osoite
Verkkojulkaisu
Tiivistelmä
This text reflects on an artistic practice based on repeated visits to chosen trees, performing for camera with them in the context of the project ‘Meetings with Remarkable and Unremarkable Trees’. The individual daily practice of becoming a tree, based on a yoga exercise, together with a variety of trees, is complemented with a collective online performance, the ‘Be-coming Tree’ event. The daily practice brought to the fore the tension between a heightened perceptual awareness of the bodymind while balancing and the awareness of the tree and the broader environment. Noticing the tension between an inward and an outward focus, the text proposes that sustaining this very tension is relevant for developing an ecologically informed consciousness of our co-dependency with other life forms, such as trees.
ISBN
Aihealue
OKM-julkaisutyyppi
A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
Emojulkaisu
Lehti
Journal of dance & somatic practices|14|2
Julkaisusarja
ISSN
1757-188X