Lands Of Concert

A living performative practice created by Jija Sohn,

Andrea Zavala,

Lucy Wilke and Oneka von Schrader

Urgency

The attitude with which we used to work before this project started was to devote everything to an artistic outcome while unconsciously ignoring other aspects of our life and its ordinary, supportive dimension.

That mindset created a great sense of disconnection and neglect. If we were to continue working as artists, human beings we had to come together and search for more sustainable ways to be, to create, to collaborate and to share our perspective with others - in abundance.

Our intention is to welcome a new sustainable system, one that focuses primarily on a notion of Care, meaning - being present for what one needs and to listen to the needs and perspectives of others.

We are committing ourselves to creating a context which allows us to celebrate the creative process in a playful and caring manner. Such an environment integrates the wholeness of how we are - in our daily lives, at work, in relationships, in a community. The practice expands further as we strive to include others into that immersive process - the cultural institutions, programmers and audiences from other countries and cultures.

How do we work?

The essence of our practice lies in simple gestures of giving and receiving. That is the main context – a creative playground. Whatever unfolds is a manifestation and a consequence of the attitude:

‘I can do anything’, ‘everything is at my disposal.’

We strive to discover a ‘wild’ range of possibilities, embracing potentials for an ordinary gesture to

transform itself into creative, artistic expression, to become another reality.