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 ::

new/mind/ritualz (movement 6)

new/mind/ritualz (movement 6) is here - - - it is an offering of still imagery as performance art. my dear friend, Statia Grossman, is the photographer who so graciously created this collab with me.

i invite you to check out (below) the archive for new/mind/ritualz - - - in doing so, you can read my artist's statement, and watch movements that have come before #6.

ultimately, i am unfolding a lot of little ritualz ~ stories that comes together bit by bit to form a larger offering of many rebirths. 

new/mind/ritualz archive :: HERE

check out Statia's instagram :: HERE

"each movement varies in length and content, and is documented through video, still images, and self-portraiture."

concepts (in no particular order) :: alien-life, the artist as alien, iconographic offerings, healing connectivity with nature, listening to angels, reclamation, and lastly, that which is ugly/abandoned being infused with beauty - - - we found a dope abandoned pink hotel, floors covered in poo poo from bats, and made some magic there nonetheless.

iconography :: glitter, magical jewelry, blue-mouth situations, feathers, crystals, tinsel, mirrors, a *supermodel* sign rescued from the trash, etc.

thank u for taking the time to experience my art.

~ kelly shaw willman

ALL IMAGES SHARED IN THIS BLOG ARTICLE BELONG TO KELLY SHAW WILLMAN AND STATIA GROSSMAN, COPYRIGHT: 2016-FOREVER.

"new/mind/ritualz" archive (chronological)

kelly shaw nyala by Statia Grossman
Punta Uva, Costa Rica, 2016
new/mind/ritualz (movement 6)

new/mind/ritualz launched in the spring of 2014; it is a 56-movement performance art piece released one movement at a time until complete.

* new/mind/ritualz, artist's statement ~ CLICK HERE

* new/mind/ritualz (movement 1) was taken down by Vimeo. i am working to repost it online within 2023.

* new/mind/ritualz (movement 2) was taken down. i am working to repost it online within 2023.

* new/mind/ritualz (movement 3) was taken down. i am working to repost it online within 2023.

* new/mind/ritualz (movement 4) was taken down on Vimeo. i am working to repost it online within 2023.

* new/mind/ritualz (movement 5) was taken down. i am working to repost it online within 2023.

* n/m/r (movement 6) ~ CLICK HERE

* n/m/r (movement 7) ~ CLICK HERE

* n/m/r (movement 8) ~ CLICK HERE

* n/m/r (movement 9) is being reworked. (noted on 2.17.2022)  

* n/m/r (movement 10) ~ CLICK HERE

* n/m/r (movement 11) ~ CLICK HERE

* n/m/r (movement 12) ~ CLICK HERE

* n/m/r (movement 13) ~ CLICK HERE & HERE

* n/m/r (movement 14) ~ CLICK HERE

kelly shaw willman by Lotte Karlsen
Brooklyn/NYC, Fall 2018
new/mind/ritualz (movement 11)

Boreal + Jesse +

recent collabs + self-portrait$

foto + concept: Boreal/Art Boreal, 
styling/model: kelly shaw willman

alien-life/power 2 the fresa, 
foto: Jesse Artavia

alien-life/power 2 the fresa, 
foto: Jesse Artavia

self-portrait

self-portrait

self-portrait