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#50 Residency in Croatia

„SUSTAINABILITY on the streets of Rijeka”

I believe this photo speaks for itself…

During the residency Dancing Together Again! In Rijeka I’m trying to get some new perspective about sustainability through the subject of being in relation. The relation with our own body at first as a source of any experience, the relation between „new” and „ old”, between nature and everything that comes from the human kind. How can we coexist in harmony, share common time and space?

Talking about time…trees in a way always inspire me to reflect about time. They take time to grow and last. Time also seems to be one the most precious „resources” for all of us. We embody time. We create the space with time. How do we manage this process? Do we take time to stop? To simply be? What is the relation between doing and being? And finally, how do we move between these two states so we could live and grow sustainably?

From my personal experience: this week I twisted my ankle. That shaped my participation in the personal and group process in a different way. Challenging and very inspiring experience at the same time. It feels like a lot of new „ time and space” inside of me but I'm still in the process of digesting it. Work in progress...

By Aleksandra Konieczna


„ODRŽIVOST na riječkim ulicama”

Vjerujem da ova fotografija govori sama za sebe…

Tijekom rezidencije Dancing Together Again! U Rijeci pokušavam dobiti neku novu perspektivu o održivosti kroz temu biti u vezi. Odnos prema vlastitom tijelu isprva kao izvoru svakog iskustva, odnos „novog” i „starog”, između prirode i svega što dolazi iz ljudske vrste. Kako možemo živjeti u harmoniji, dijeliti zajedničko vrijeme i prostor?

Kad već govorimo o vremenu…drveće me na neki način uvijek potakne na razmišljanje o vremenu. Treba im vremena da narastu i traju. Čini se da je vrijeme također jedan od najdragocjenijih „resursa” za sve nas. Mi utjelovljujemo vrijeme. Prostor stvaramo vremenom. Kako upravljamo ovim procesom? Trebamo li vremena da stanemo? Jednostavno biti? Kakav je odnos između činjenja i bivanja? I konačno, kako se kretati između ta dva stanja da bismo mogli živjeti i rasti održivo?

Iz osobnog iskustva: ovaj tjedan sam uganuo gležanj. To je na drugačiji način oblikovalo moje sudjelovanje u osobnom i grupnom procesu. Izazovno i vrlo inspirativno iskustvo u isto vrijeme. Osjećam se kao puno novog „vremena i prostora” u meni, ali još uvijek to probavljam. Radovi u tijeku...

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