November 27th, 2021 // Miami, FL // WYN317 // Astrologos - Adrian Avila Solo Show

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A performance and installation by Jessica Freites. "Agua" explores the distillation of movement and embodiment of relative stillness in order to engage in a conversation of presence. 

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The subject is an archetype of Yin personified. As the sound of waves and womb pulsate through the air, she makes her way, slowly, to her shrine, full of numerous vases of water. She proceeds to meditate and engage the audience solely through the power of embodiment for an extended period. At the sound of a bell, black clothed beings come to deconstruct the visceral landscape, taking the transmuted contents of water and offer them as a sacrament to the land. 

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All things are in motion always, even in the apparent mirage of complete "stillness". As an element, both literally and metaphorically, water holds and communicates that which is often neglected or unseen by passive observers. It acts as a conduit to and also demonstrates the notion of the constant subtle movements and undercurrents present in our reality.  In one ripple we see the infinite potentiality in the nuance of awareness.