November 16th
A Spell to Cleave #2
The Crypt, St Pancras
curated by Which Witch Collective
The clay body holds the story of the land, of all bodies who have been in contact with that piece of land, biologically and psychically – the soil being an archive of death, decay, transformation and reincarnation.
12 participants are invited to join the artist for a session of embodied meditation and earth magick. You'll be guided in an act of collective art, making raw intuitive clay * forms, which together form a transitory altar piece in honour of the othered women tried as witches.
.. from their body, to the body of land ... from my body to your body .
A spell to cleave is a recognition and dedication to the body’s who were tried and persecuted during the witch trials in England.
A spell of re-cognition ,
A spell of re-claimation
A spell to cleave ..
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* this clay was dug from the small woodland path in Essex joining the villages of Mistley where the infamous Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins lived, with Manningtree where 4 of the accused women were executed.
https://whichwitchcollective.com/home
A Rite of Sorrow September 26th/27th The Chapel, Nunhead Cemetery
Curated by @artspaceoctogan
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how would it feel, to hold grief
in the palm of your hand
and then ... let it go …
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The Rite of Sorrow is a 2 part interactive act, inviting in and giving acceptance to the overwhelming times of grief we are all inhabiting …
Friday at 5pm …
part 1 of the Rite of Sorrow as you’ll be guided in making a meditative votive offering from wild clay, sourced from the ancient river Peck ..
Saturday 2pm
part 2 - join us as we sacrifice the offerings of sorrow, with the artist acting as emissary of grief - allowing space for mutual support and care
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Other performance offerings happening throughout the weekend by
@efarnold_
@elizabeth.salazar.guerra
@clembedos
supported by
@nunheadarttrail
@nunheadcemetery
@goldexhibitions
2024
QUALIA
An interdisciplinary group 18-20th April 2024
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