Triptych: Initiation

This
performance is an intimate story told in the first person singular, seeking to
present a lifetime from behind as well as ahead. Living in harmony with age was
possible whilst young, but now, out of my youth, it is even more possible.
Well, it takes some of one's own initiation to guarantee success. In the
performance, I use little chickens as a visual moment to demonstrate my
readiness for new initiation. Life didn't stop; it just requires a new
direction. Hundreds of tiny chicken feet walking on my body lying prone should
determine a new direction. Chicken feet have three toes - which represent a
junction, and mantric traces of chicken feet will leave innumerable paths on my
body that I will canalise into one unique path. The poetic gesture of chicken
feet on my body will be reflected in my mind (using an actor's interpretation)
that will be heard through an announcement the moment I raise my body and leave
the chicken polygon. This will be a moment of decision for new initiation.
(Vlasta Delimar)

Production: City of Women; In
collaboration with: Old Power Station – Elektro Ljubljana

Supported by: A Space for Live Art.