“The way you do anything, is the way you do everything” ~ thoughts about performance art, practices, cycles, sustainability, life, death, (re)birth...
Pysyvä osoite
Verkkojulkaisu
Tiivistelmä
This document is a written component of my artistic thesis work for Dance Performance Master’s Studies in Theatre Academy, University of the Arts | Uniarts Helsinki. It is a reflection of my two-year MA studies about perspectives on making performance art and its sustainability, everyday practices that can work as a foundation for artistic practices, cycle conscious living | creating and big questions of life, death and (re)birth. The work has a red thread that it follows ~ the cyclicality of the female hormonal cycle and its connection to the seasons in nature.
The work has three introductions: Introduction 1 ~ “Welcome, my name is Mathilda” that works as an introduction to the themes of the work and how I perceive life and art at the moment, Introduction 2 ~ This thesis, the basics that gives the reader the practical information about the thesis and on how to read this work and Introduction 3 ~ Cycles, practices that works as a background information for the chosen perspectives of the work like cycle consciousness, cyclical living and everyday practices that blend with artistic practices.
After the introductions the work has four main chapters ~ Phase I, II, III and IV, that represent the phases of a biological woman’s hormonal cycles when unaltered by pharmaceutical drugs or hormonal contraception and they are paired | connected with different elements and seasons that work as a catalyst on reflecting the studies.
In the first main chapters Phase I ~ winter, water, new moon, night I continue opening the knowledge of the first phase of the female hormonal cycle, the menstruation, also known as “the inner winter”. In this chapter I reflect on my MA solo From Source and Deep cleansing to Rebirth (2023) and the importance of water and research in my practice.
In the second chapter Phase II ~ spring, air, sunrise I give an introduction for the next phase of the menstrual cycle ~ “the inner spring”, unwrap ACO: boxytocin (by Avgoustina Triarou, 2024) and my artistic thesis The Last Rite of Spring (by Renan Martins, 2024) projects and expand the importance of quantum biological practices in my everyday life and artistic work.
In the third chapter Phase III ~ summer, earth, full moon, day I continue with an introduction of the third phase of the moon cycle ~ “the inner summer”, reflect on nora chipaumire’s wisdom, talk about my perspectives and importances of sustainable working and thoughts about freedom and captivity.
In the fourth chapter Phase IV ~ autumn, fire, sunset I talk about the last phase of the menstrual cycle ~ “the inner autumn”, walk through Valgie verevä (2025) project and share my thoughts about audience engagement and rituals.
Thesis ends with a Conclusions chapter that sums up thoughts about writing the thesis, studying in Theatre Academy, what happens next and who I want to thank and acknowledge regarding my MA studies and this thesis.
ISBN
Aihealue
OKM-julkaisutyyppi
Emojulkaisu
Lehti
Julkaisusarja
ISSN
DOI
Avainsanat
Performancepracticescyclescyclicalitymenstrual cyclemoon cyclebirthlifedeathrebirthunlearningrelearningresearchcreativity researchsustainabilityfreedomcaptivismperspectivecircadian rhythmgroundingquantum biologyaudienceaudience engagementritualelementswatertanssitaiteellinen työesittävät taiteettanssiteoksetkuolemaperformanssiesitystaidetaiteilijuustaiteellinen tutkimus