2021
Online

Last summer in Greece, Paras saw an exhibition of ceramics that were merging eastern and western cultures: inspired by the ancestral art of Kintsugi, the artist had combined contemporary Greek and Japanese visual art, printed on a porcelain plate, a golden mending connecting both imageries. The result was fascinating and inspiring.

Following the idea that beauty often lies in the imperfections, Kintsugi invites to repair a broken object by emphasizing its scars with golden powder, instead of hiding them. Repaired, strengthened and embellished, it wears its wounds with pride and becomes precious, all the more so as it has been broken into pieces.

Inspired by the last year of seclusion, alienation and discrimination, Rift becomes a metaphor for healing through acceptance in acknowledging our imperfections. It recognizes the hope and determination needed to move on. It connects all of us. Our life experiences, our scars, the challenges we had to overcome to get where we are… they make us who we are as human beings and thus as a society.

The pandemic disrupted us, challenging our ways of life, pushing us to reflect on our broken pattern, insecurities and wrongdoings. What if we were choosing to be mended with gold, emerging from this shattered era stronger at the broken places?

Kinesis Dance somatheatro would like to thank the Leeside Park Skateboard community, for allowing us to shoot our film on their playground. Paras chose this location because even though it looks a little bit like a cave, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and the graffiti that covers the walls tell us the stories of the people that were here before us, connecting us to our surroundings and to other people lives, and by doing so, to each other.

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