Exhibited at: Krinzinger projekte

Description

In sleep in a deep moment of being alone, inside our body. Where we don’t hide any behaviour, but what comes natural to the body. Where we dream our terrors and our wishes. Where “reality” can change and symbols fill the atmosphere. What better place to become one with new seedlings. What can the energy of a newborn plant that is growing skin to skin with us, teach us? What can we give to this new being?  Might I  feel the energy of life; waking up together with the sun and  sleeping with the moon. Breathing together, exchanging feelings and perhaps thoughts. 

What happens if we become life support? Would this enable us, me, in this interactive experiment/performance, to have new connections that generate a greater understanding and deeper empathy?

Quelites from the Nahuatl word Quilitil which refers to edible tender greens. Quelites mark the start of the rainy season. Quelites is a word that covers at least 200 tender greens meaning that you need to be extremely familiar with your local flora to be able to recognize and distinguish them. It’s a not specific botanical category that specifies the distinction of one specific plant. These plants change from region to region, as well as the word for Quelites, in Mixteco they are Yiwa o yube, Purépecha is Xakua, Hñahñu it is K’ani and many other names depending on the spoken language.

Photo credits: Rafael Lippuner and Guadalupe Aldrete