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Always with ourselves, always in the world: we constantly live this dual condition. But to (re)know the other is also to (re)know ourselves. In this space between self and world, a playground opens up, giving rise to expression: a threshold of metamorphosis that allows one to find one's way through an artistic practice. An exploration of sensitive play, emerging and immersing in the reciprocity of the intrinsic links between one's own history and the world, in order to develop through art, the process of transformation, the play of metamorphoses. This setting in motion invites introspection - both autonomous and relational - and attentive listening to a space that calls and recalls, consciously experiencing the present materialities that link memory and aspiration. By making oneself present to the experience - real in its lived moments and imaginary in its manifestations - a change of substance emerges: a singular corporeality brought into play by the invisible layers of thoughts, emotions, dreams and desires, and the visible articulation of forms. This process, spontaneous in its action yet refined through the deepening of its possibilities, gradually brings forth qualities of presence that develop through a gaze that is both vigilant and enveloping. 

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Life in art is a constant back-and-forth between sensitive experience and reflection, aimed at creating connections with the diversity of the world: a practice open to professionals as well as to anyone wishing to engage with the world through art. We develop and expresses a poetic lived experience - lived experience rooted in perception and poetry arising from sensitive play. We inhabit a generative movement of open curiosity, moving from an awareness of impressions and sensations towards embodiment and refinement of the emerging qualities of action.  Embodying and giving back. A movement that receives and transmits, suggesting an immersive and ephemeral poetic quality, intimately linked to the vital need to cultivate one's sense of wonder and deepen one's relationship with the world. The work brings together content and form, creating meaning as it unfolds, following the flow of transformations. The resonance of the work fosters a sense of belonging and recognition. By becoming permeable to the play of metamorphoses, a kind of transparency emerges - of one's being within the multiple, or of the multiple within oneself. An invitation that explores the phenomenon of beauty, the feeling of infinity within the moments.  

 

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Practical Elements

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The work is offered in private sessions or in groups.
It leads to a deeper connection with one's creative resources.

 

F​rom silence to expression

 

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  • Listening to impressions, perceiving sensations.

  • Presence, a memory and a passage.

  • The circulation of attention - we think of one thing at a time.

  • Alternating focus between inner understanding and exposure to the world.

  • The vigilant state of imagination where the focus is on the self with tangible emotional sensitivity.

  • The vigilant state in which conscious control is reduced, allowing the flow of action-reaction.

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The voice

  • Life in the Voice. Becoming one with sound, an encounter between sound and meaning.

  • Linking body, sound and song.

  • Breathing, resonators, textures, rhythm, and melody.​

 

The body

  • Receptivity and action.

  • Rhythm, fluidity between movement and repose.

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Exploration

  • Journeying through the resources of one’s imaginary dwelling.

  • Permeability between being and forms, presence and appearance, observation and interpretation.

  • Varying the focal points: concentrations, amplifications, nuances, and resonances.

  • The persona - mask - amplifies the voice: ‘per sonare’. The forms are containers where the content becomes alive. 

  • The two roots of form: a habitat, a definition; and a movement, a flow of images. 

 

When I act, I define myself in a doing; thus I am the action. By being the action, I live it and, therefore I receive it.

An action emerges in the space between opposites:

∙ A choice made among infinite possibilities.

∙ Active in the action and passive in the reaction.

∙ Made in the present, supported by memory and anticipation.

∙ Articulated in its form and improvised in its flow.

∙ Spontaneous and repeated.

∙ A personal act serving the impersonal world. 

∙ Allowing us to discover and to be discovered.

∙ That disappears and leaves a trace. ​​​

Metamorphosis Action
To be in the world through art

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