Project SUN RITE “BAPTISME”
The central theme of the Biennale Sao Paulo was “The Holistic Global Tendencies of Humankind at the End of the 20th Century”. Based on the personal invitation of the jury of the Biennale, I further developed the project “Sun‐Rite”. I presented it in form of pictures, live‐performances with Brazilian dancers and the installation “Echo Wall” for which Bruno Spoerri especially composed the music. Music and installation are in a continual interaction and interconnection. The installation contains the happening at the Dead Sea, develops live in Brazil and is a future vision for the Brazilian landscape: “Sun‐Rite – Baptism“. The draft of the project “Sun Rite Baptism”, a project for a Thousand People and the Ocean as well as One Man and a Wave received a lot of interest in the newspapers. The whole work “Sun‐Rite” was selected as one of the top ten works at the Biennale. The delegation of the young artists, invited from all Latin American countries selected it as the best work and celebrated in the biennial under 10 best works. Based on this success, the UN Commission for Culture chose “Sun‐Rite Baptism” for the opening of the cultural accompanying program of the International Conference on the Environment which took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art and the city of Rio de Janeiro, MARIA DUNDAKOVA © SUN RITE „BAPTISM “One thousand people and the ocean wave 21 Bienal international de Sao Paulo Location One kilometre shoreline, sandy beach. Participants Waves, the soud of the ocean, echo, up to one thousand people (one man – one meter – one step), blue and yellow energy. Performance The interplay of dual polar energy – blue and yellow. Blue energy is played by a wave of the ocean. Yellow energy is composed of a yellow path of light played by a chain of yellow stained people (chorus). Description of the first rite THE NIGHT. Four light beams projected into four different directions create a lightcross which illuminates the motion and the path of an incoming wave. Wave followed by darkness, darkness followed by wave, wave and light join together to create a path onto the beach. While the waves perform their dance, people begin to stain ther bodies yellow. Description of the second rite THE YELLOW ECHO. The motion of the wave provokes a countermovement wich is depicted by the chain of yellow people. A dialogue between the wave and the yellow line (echo) begins – coming and going. Description of the third rite BEFORE SUNRISE THE LINE OF YELLOW BODIES SLOWLY FORM A SPIRAL. Description of the fourt rite BAPTISM. The spiral turns into a circle which dissolves and dissipates into the sea. Description it the fifth rite CELEBRATION OF DAYBREAK Misic The human voice and the voice of nature. Film To record the event,six cameras are installed: one camera:ocean to beach three cameras: beach to ocean one camera: from the right one camera: from the left These four cameras provide macro-vision.The two remaining cameras are for dokumentation and recording details. Film scenario „Baptisme“ The night runs from body to body from wave to wave from wave to puls he puls turns into pace the pace into fatigue fatigue into a beat beat upon beat into a scream the scream turns into eco. The untiring echo In the night, infinite and lonley de-mystifies the warm body transformed into stone. The stone into a ray The ray into warm earth extends under the blue body of the ocean the waves become intoxicating lips the drink the light to the bottom. Maria Dundakova © 1990 SUN RITE - Mythological space is being created through space itself - Mythological space is everywehere where there is the presence of man. - Mythological space is the breath of things – communication between man and his environment. - Mytological space is not static term, it is subjekt to the way mankind changes itself. - Feeling is its measuring unit. - Mytological space materializes itself in all forms. - Where human feeling is projected and reflected back by the environment. - The rite is composed of a technique witch mythological space can become visible. - The rite is the happening which is projected into time, - The rite is an event of being. - The rite is the gesture with wich man evaluates human space. - The gestureis experiance defined through a meaningful language of symbols and signs. - The language of the rite does not ilustrate an idea – it is itself idea. - The technique of the rite can express itself trough all the available techniques because it is defined by the desire to communicate. - The rite makes it possible for things to continue to exist in time, which cannot be submitted to a concept like „past – future or presence“. - Maria Dundakova © 1991 21 BIENAL INTERNATIONAL DE SAO PAULO 1991 MARIA DUNDAKOVA © Sketchs for project PROJECT SUN RITE „BAPTISME“ One thousand people and the ocean waves Celebration dance of daybreak 21 BIENNALE SAO PAULO
Project SUN RITE “BAPTISME”
The central theme of the Biennale Sao Paulo was “The Holistic Global Tendencies of Humankind at the End of the 20th Century”. Based on the personal invitation of the jury of the Biennale, I further developed the project “Sun‐Rite”. I presented it in form of pictures, live‐performances with Brazilian dancers and the installation “Echo Wall” for which Bruno Spoerri especially composed the music. Music and installation are in a continual interaction and interconnection. The installation contains the happening at the Dead Sea, develops live in Brazil and is a future vision for the Brazilian landscape: “Sun‐Rite – Baptism“. The draft of the project “Sun Rite Baptism”, a project for a Thousand People and the Ocean as well as One Man and a Wave received a lot of interest in the newspapers. The whole work “Sun‐Rite” was selected as one of the top ten works at the Biennale. The delegation of the young artists, invited from all Latin American countries selected it as the best work and celebrated in the biennial under 10 best works. Based on this success, the UN Commission for Culture chose “Sun‐Rite Baptism” for the opening of the cultural accompanying program of the International Conference on the Environment which took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art and the city of Rio de Janeiro, MARIA DUNDAKOVA © SUN RITE „BAPTISM “One thousand people and the ocean wave 21 Bienal international de Sao Paulo Location One kilometre shoreline, sandy beach. Participants Waves, the soud of the ocean, echo, up to one thousand people (one man – one meter – one step), blue and yellow energy. Performance The interplay of dual polar energy – blue and yellow. Blue energy is played by a wave of the ocean. Yellow energy is composed of a yellow path of light played by a chain of yellow stained people (chorus). Description of the first rite THE NIGHT. Four light beams projected into four different directions create a lightcross which illuminates the motion and the path of an incoming wave. Wave followed by darkness, darkness followed by wave, wave and light join together to create a path onto the beach. While the waves perform their dance, people begin to stain ther bodies yellow. Description of the second rite THE YELLOW ECHO. The motion of the wave provokes a countermovement wich is depicted by the chain of yellow people. A dialogue between the wave and the yellow line (echo) begins – coming and going. Description of the third rite BEFORE SUNRISE THE LINE OF YELLOW BODIES SLOWLY FORM A SPIRAL. Description of the fourt rite BAPTISM. The spiral turns into a circle which dissolves and dissipates into the sea. Description it the fifth rite CELEBRATION OF DAYBREAK Misic The human voice and the voice of nature. Film To record the event,six cameras are installed: one camera:ocean to beach three cameras: beach to ocean one camera: from the right one camera: from the left These four cameras provide macro-vision.The two remaining cameras are for dokumentation and recording details. Film scenario „Baptisme“ The night runs from body to body from wave to wave from wave to puls he puls turns into pace the pace into fatigue fatigue into a beat beat upon beat into a scream the scream turns into eco. The untiring echo In the night, infinite and lonley de-mystifies the warm body transformed into stone. The stone into a ray The ray into warm earth extends under the blue body of the ocean the waves become intoxicating lips the drink the light to the bottom. Maria Dundakova © 1990 SUN RITE - Mythological space is being created through space itself - Mythological space is everywehere where there is the presence of man. - Mythological space is the breath of things – communication between man and his environment. - Mytological space is not static term, it is subjekt to the way mankind changes itself. - Feeling is its measuring unit. - Mytological space materializes itself in all forms. - Where human feeling is projected and reflected back by the environment. - The rite is composed of a technique witch mythological space can become visible. - The rite is the happening which is projected into time, - The rite is an event of being. - The rite is the gesture with wich man evaluates human space. - The gestureis experiance defined through a meaningful language of symbols and signs. - The language of the rite does not ilustrate an idea – it is itself idea. - The technique of the rite can express itself trough all the available techniques because it is defined by the desire to communicate. - The rite makes it possible for things to continue to exist in time, which cannot be submitted to a concept like „past – future or presence“. - Maria Dundakova © 1991 21 BIENAL INTERNATIONAL DE SAO PAULO 1991 MARIA DUNDAKOVA © Sketchs for project PROJECT SUN RITE „BAPTISME“ One thousand people and the ocean waves Celebration dance of daybreak 21 BIENNALE SAO PAULO