2024 – ongoing
Multi-disciplinary live performance, video installation, story-telling performance with kite-flying
kindly supported by Cultural Moves Europe, SKE Fonds Austria, Stadt Wien and BMEIA Austria
To fly a kite is to have a conversation with the earth’s atmosphere
This kite-flying practice is a way to acknowledge and remind that we and our surroundings are not separate; we and our living environment are interdependent and intertwined with each other. Through the act of flying a kite, we invite people to feel the wind again, to listen to the voice of the earth’s atmosphere through the sound of the kite flutes, and to re-sense the environment not as an external object but as the medium in which we live.
The climate crisis itself is a symptom of our long-standing disconnection with nature, of the viewpoint that nature is a resource to be exploited for the benefit of humankind. Each manifestation of Into the Blue project attempt to tackle this issue with different methods.
In this project, aeolian flutes are attached to the kite’s structure. As the kite ascends, these instruments are played by the wind alone. The sky becomes a resonant body; the atmosphere becomes the musician. The person holding the line feels every gust as a subtle or sometimes violent pull against their hands—a tactile connection to the unique life-sustaining atmosphere, a physical reminder that air is not nothingness but a vibrant, responsive force of nature.
In an age dominated by digital acceleration and virtual discourse, kite flying is a counter-practice—slow, patient, embodied, re-attuning our senses to the tangible world and the presence.
Into the blue takes on multiple forms, each offering a unique experience:
- A storytelling performance
- A video and sound installation
- A multidisciplinary outdoor performance, where kite flutes soar, live music and other performing arts come together
Each manifestation of Into the blue invites the audience to engage with the world around them and mediates social bonding at both personal and collective levels.
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