A Sort of Ritual (Day 6 - Jens)
Channel: Jens Bäckvall
Date: 2012-01-06

Are we slowly but surely loosing all rituals? At least those of us who are not religious or who don't agree with the religions that are practiced and they way in which they are practiced?

 Of course, we have christmas and easter where we ritually eat and drink and occasionally visit the odd church, but other than that, it seems that the strongest ritual today is the collective watching of television. Millions of people gather around the same program on the same night, but in different locations. But how does this kind of ritual move us? Or does it move us at all?

 Sometimes I long for stronger rituals, where we frame our life and take a step back to look at ourselves or completely immerse ourselves in motions and actions that have been used by our ancestors. A reminder of who we are, where we are and the question of why we are.


This video is one of the tools for a new, open-source physical-theatre project by Jens Bäckvall and Christian Adelhorst Rossil.  Every day in 2012, we will create a small movement or other idea for the stage with a minimum length of 10 seconds. This will be filmed and uploaded. The uploads are not meant as finished material, but are sketches for possible further work. Every video and the things done in them are open-source, meaning that anyone may copy, use or be inspired by the videos and movements and use them in any way they want to. All that we ask is that you mention our names in any flyers etc. if you use it. Also, we ask you to comment on the material, either through writing or creating and filming material of your own. Anything you upload will also become open-source and a part of the project. In the beginning of 2013, we will create a performance, based on and using some or all of the material that we, and others, have created.  See our home-page for more information: ‪http://www.t-nova.org/2473652012-EN.html

Enjoy! 

If you like our project, please consider supporting us through one of the following:

Denmark: http://www.booomerang.dk/projects/2473652012-an-open-source-physical-theatre-project/

The rest of the world: http://www.indiegogo.com/24-7-365-2012-An-open-source-physical-theatre-project?a=27522

Thank you.

The music is a loop of Garageband's "Percussion Loop 07".