Kin Matter – Ritual Practices V

Kin Matter – Ritual Practice V is a large participatory performance, which invites the audience to explore intimate connections to each other and the materials that sustain us. 

The 2-hour choreography is a meditative exploration of sensuous relationships with a set of basic materials that slowly transforms the church space into a living tableau. The work proposes a collective ritual as a constructive response to one of the most fundamental crises of our time: the lack of empathic relationships to resources and the world around us.

In the performance the audience is guided by six performers through a crafty and ritualised process in which there is a collective engagement with clay, dough, textiles and meditative exercises. Composer Thilde Fjord Madsen conducts an improvised soundscape composed of material sounds, voices, instruments, choir and church organ.

The performance is the culmination of Kin Matter – Ritual Practice I-IV, a community and workshop-based process springing from a residency at Maria Church, Copenhagen. The work was developed in the context of the social-ethical art project The Maria Project curated by Matthias Borello. 

Performers: J&K (Janne Schäfer and Kristine Agergaard), Linards Kulless, Signe Koefoed, Lise Hovesen, Randi Kjær. Sound composition and vocals: Thilde Fjord Madsen. Instruments and effects: Thilde Fjord Madsen and Frederik Mensink. Choir: Koret Paradox. Organ: Niels Andersson

Read more about Kin Matter and the other projects in Maria Projektet – Et socialetisk kunstprojekt i Mariakirken på Vesterbro 2021 – 2023 by Matthias Borello. Interview with J&K on artmatter.dk