RE-LIVE: Connections Through Movement at the Cusp of the Rift Valley
Connecting to a petrified tree through dance in the Turkwel river, Northern Kenya.
Napudet petrified forest
Physiological measurements of the 12 million-year-old syzygium tree (ancestor of eucalyptus), recorded a signal, indicating possible presence of life.
Through the dance in the performance, protective gestures pave the way for communication between nature and human.
Fragment of the RE-LIVE performance
RE-LIVE, performance 11 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
From observers to participants
James Mweu engages young Turkana audiences in the performance RE-LIVE at the banks of Turkwel River which runs through the Turkana desert, Rift Valley, Northern Kenya.
RE-LIVE, performance 25 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
The breathtaking nature surrounding Turkana Basin Institute
James Mweu and Olga Kisseleva perform in the Turkwel river in front of the Turkana Basin Institute.
RE-LIVE, performance 38 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
Travelling through time together
James Mweu and Olga Kisseleva stand in front of the RE-LIVE audience-turn-participants at the banks of the Turkwel River.
RE-LIVE performance 8 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
A shared moment
James Mweu and Olga Kisseleva stand in front of the young people living near the Turkwel river who have just volunteered to participate in the RE-LIVE performance.
James Mweu and Olga Kisseleva stand in front of the young people from the villages neighbouring Turkana Basin Institute after the Re-Live performance
RE-LIVE performance 2 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
Connecting
James Mweu in the waters of the Turkwel River during the RE-LIVE performance in the Turkana desert, the Rift Valley, Kenya.
RE-LIVE performance 1 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
Absorbed in nature
James Mweu performs a RE-LIVE improvisation in the Turkwel river which is running through the Turkana desert of the Rift valley, Kenya.
The dance in the river is a moving tree. The performers’ movements are inspired by the inner state of the tree, reconstituted from the transmitted data
. Dancing in the water of the Turkwel river, the bodies of the performers are doubled with their reflections.
James Mweu embodying a petrified tree and marking the continuity of life of the Rift Valley
RE-LIVE, performance 23 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
Shadows in the sunset
The sun sets behind James Mweu and Olga Kisseleva as they conclude the RE-LIVE performance.
RE-LIVE, performance 24 (2021) by James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva, and James Muriuki Original Source: https://eaman.org/
A living tree
RE-LIVE, performance (2021)
Artists and performers: James Mweu, Olga Kisseleva
Choreography: James Mweu
Photographers: Ian Kathurima Kinyua (SwiftLab), James Muriuki, Margaret Ngigi
Video editing: James Muriuki, Emmaus Kimani, Federico Debetto
Curator: James Muriuki
Project & Technical Coordinator: Emmaus Kimani
Project Director: Maria Amelina
Audio by Kwale Singers and Sven Kacirek, Album: "The Kenya Sessions"
Commissioned, co-created and co-produced by EAMAN
Participation of the TURKANA BASIN INSTITUTE is gratefully acknowledged.
Listening to The Rift Valley Project: https://eaman.org
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