December. It was a rainy, shallow, and cold Sunday night. Up until that evening, I had quite a rocky weekend with a sprinkle of good music and a chaotic exchange with my beloved woman.
We gathered to have the last night out with our dear friend, who was about to leave the country for half a year. The evening started with some subtle small talk and red wine.
As we started to discuss the funkiest details of this weekend’s party, I noticed how exhausted everyone is. Despite the fact, we are still together, we are feeding off each other’s good energy, and we are listening to some good music. Latter was a significant pillar of that fun as hell evening and is foundational in this performance.
More wine, laughter, and suddenly we are up on our feet, dancing. I love that about music; it makes you willingly give in. As we encourage each other to lose ourselves in these beautiful melodies, I think to myself: the urge to dance is part of the purest feeling that exists.
That feeling is exactly the emotion I wanted to materialize with this performance: the willing choice to give up control.
It’s so so personal, yet it brings people together.
This is a multidisciplinary arts project with a huge emphasis on dancing. Different art forms make us feel different things but in an equally elegant manner. I wanted to show that some things can feel universal across the board. How incredible does leaving your mental barriers behind feel?
I tend to overthink. Therefore, I couldn't do this art piece without being aware of the details. It started with a bunch of cheap, small canvases in my kitchen. The next few weeks were full of dancing and having a good time with a bunch of paint on my feet. By then, I thought that I had a pretty good sense of how I want this idea to play out. Only after filming day, I understood how foolish of me was to think that I will know the outcome of the final result. This happens when you work with people who have never really had the kind of barriers you once had and are just phenomenal in what they do.
It showed me so much more than I anticipated. It’s ironic how things don’t turn out exactly the way you wanted, but you still end up more fulfilled and surprisingly happier. My initial idea was to create a party on the canvas. This is because I thought that was where dancing meets its climax. The problem is, you don’t need to be intoxicated or silly to justify giving up control to the right triggers.
It means so much more than just having a good time. It means that you feel safe enough to embrace the “now.” People’s incredible brains tend to create never-ending psychological cycles. These cycles transfer your mind to familiar places and are counter-intuitive to the fact that real joy and beauty can only exist in the present. You don’t seek eternal love or legacy while your body is in full synergy with a beat; you let yourself be indulged at the moment. That, to me, is magical.
What does not move, is therefore dead. There isn’t any room for insecurities.
People seek the timeless: either it’s love or legacy. Both of these things, when true, are eternal. Why would one seek for what is timeless? Why won’t one try to give into now and experience what is around?
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