new/mind/ritualz (movement 8)

movement 8 of new/mind/ritualz grew darkly~richly~experimental. it took place in a special downstairs laboratory in Costa Rica, where nearby, the beach has black sands. 

an alien-girl explores concepts of juxtaposed ~accessibility~ meets ~sometimes far-away gazes~

LIVING DEAD GIRL I$H. 

upon completion of the project, alien-girl (iz me!!) is surprised by how many fotos resemble the Brooklyn basements in which she performed years back ~ life-phases bump up against each other, remind.

... soft memories (momentitos con) an ex, subtle pain in regard to a family member ...

new/mind/ritualz is a 56-movement performance art project unfolding one movement at a time until complete. check out the archive HERE for an artist's statement and previous installments.

** a note/update on 3.6.2019: in my early collabs w/ Jesse in Costa Rica a few years back, we always worked with the spaces we had access to n honored the themes of darkness, experimental, haunted, hurts, inner-ghosts. 

** fotos: Jesse Artavia of J-Art Photography

** concepts/make-up: kelly shaw willman 

** project copyright 2016-forever, ksw 

** shared copyright w/ jesse 4 images, 2016-forever

new/mind/ritualz (movement 7)

new/mind/ritualz (movement 7) took place en el Caribe Sur de Costa Rica at a local beach that is most popularly inhabited by surfers and beach volleyball enthusiasts. ... collaborator Boyd *Z* Stout and i brought some performance art to this very place around sunset some weeks back ...

feel free to check out the archive for new/mind/ritualz.

in brief, n/m/r is an ongoing performance that demonstrates ritual-oriented storytelling one movement at a time. in total, there are 56 movements unfolding.

while briefly on the other coast of Costa Rica (The Pacific) in Playa Ocotal, i warmed-up some concepts for what i wanted Z and i to collaboratively bring to n/m/r 7. i knew i wanted to incorporate veiled moments, mirror-play, and additionally use iconography that is common throughout my work: colored water, glitter.

thank u to Lauren C. for taking pictures of this experiment in Ocotal, and to Andrea P. for editing.

for the performance en El Caribe, see the images below, PLUS a full-length video of Z and i's collab.

* NOTES: collaborating was a really important element for me to bring into movement 7 of n/m/r ... feminine and masculine energies interacting, teaching each other; it was good. i also feel soooo drawn to movement/dance these days, and Z's incredible expertise in this area helped me to explore just this.

* about myself i am learning to strengthen my own divine masculine - - - this performance gently opened the doors for me to do so. 

* as written in my artist's statement:

"new/mind/ritualz ultimately explores memories, demonstrates moments of growth in the present, and invokes rituals of healing & action for the collective future."

xo,

kelly shaw willman

foto: Hai Phung Tran, pre-performance

foto: Hai Phung Tran, pre-performance

foto: Hai Phung Tran, pre-performance

foto: Hai Phung Tran, pre-performance

foto: Hai Phung Tran, pre-performance

foto: Anet Bono, editing: Andrea Prymek

foto: Anet Bono, editing: Andrea Prymek

foto: Anet Bono, editing: Andrea Prymek

foto: Anet Bono, editing: Andrea Prymek

foto: Anet Bono, editing: Andrea Prymek

foto: Hai Phung Tran

:: video: Hai Phung Tran ::