Luna de Agua Song. Participatory performance / Libation Ritual. March 2022.
Luna de Agua Song is a libation ritual, a participatory performance serving as the closing ceremony for the Water, Plant Medicine & Mycology project by the Invisibledrum Art Platform in collaboration with RÅ RO in North Jutland, Denmark. We brought together sauna masters, fire keepers, peace activists, researchers, and artists at the Kirsten Kjærs Museum in Denmark to explore the reimagining of embodied “hydrocommons” in contemporary arts and new ecological practices. The inaugural gathering took place over four days in Thy, Denmark, from March 18th to 22nd, 2022, coinciding with Water World Day and the spring equinox. This endeavor was supported by the Nordic Culture Fund & Dáiddafoanda-ad hoc.
The Luna de Agua Song serves as a geomantic invocation of the celestial wheel through the elements of fire, water, and stones. Through dowsing songlines and inviting the public to participate, we sought deep elemental synchronicity and cosmic healing by aligning body, intention, and spirit, all amidst the swirling waters.
Photos: Jane Folsted, Kirsten Kjærs Museum. March 2022
In contemplating a drop of water, one must first still its whirl to observe a hydrogen atom, revealing subatomic light whirlwinds within. Similarly, the cosmos consists of celestial bodies in perpetual centrifugal and rotational motion. As we observe the patterns of movement in a river’s waters, it becomes conceivable that similar motions occur within the celestial bodies. Employing fire, water mirrors, and Adder stones, we engage in geomantic exercises and invocations. Each flame reflects an acupuncture point on earth and sky, forming star-shaped geomantic figures and constellations that unite the earth and cosmic sky in a shared communion within our hearts. Together, we weave the voices of singing minerals and water, resonating through our bodies, with sonic energy expanding into the cosmos.
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Photos: Nazaré Soares, Kirsten Kjærs Museum. March 2022