MASTER PROJECT
Rituals Talking Decology (working title)
- merging of the participatory side of my practice with this whole ecology/way of life side of my practice (linked to the agency of passing on knowledge to my daughter) see link to ‘collection of thoughts on participatory art’:
On a larger scale, what bubbled up all these thoughts on decolonizing my experiences as a mixed person of colour is the realisation that my daughter could potentially have an even more complex relationship to her identity than I did. Or not. But this idea of passing-on knowledge based on my experiences became important, for her to have an awareness and preparedness of the complexity of her identity. Poor child, scottish heritage, norwegian, trinidadian and french, not to mention currently living and growing up in Norway. Passing-on knowledge is a type of education. So I want to look at this decolonization and questioning colonisation through knowledge as a form of education.
- establishing workshop ritual plan with my sisters- constellation 1
-meet and talk online every two weeks, on wednesdays at 2pm french time. duration 1-1,5hrs.
-how long will this workshop ritual last, in time?
- rotating notebook in which we write letters to each other. this research is independent from the online talks but can also be brought into the discussion should we wish for it.
- RITUAL FORMAT FOR ONLINE TALK : each take turn to present/read out/sing out a sentence or a few words that resonates with what we’re doing/makes us think of what we’re doing. One person ‘presents’ per meeting, while the others close their eyes listening to what is being said. This is the grounding action, that makes us aware of what we’re about to do for the next hour/hour and a half.
- RITUAL FORMAT FOR NOTEBOOK LETTER-WRITING: -re-read all the previous entrances in the notebook, as a way to ground us, make us aware of what we’re about to do (write our own letter in the notebook)
resulting in various ‘collection of thoughts’ texts (to be made into artist book?)
‘Collection of thoughts on ritual as method’ - see link to draft
‘Collection of thoughts on Decoloniality, Decolonizing, Decologizing’ - see link to draft
‘Collection of thoughts on participatory art, community-based art in my practice, in the form of workshops’ - see link to draft