Two Channel Video and 7.1 Audio — 9’10

“The Psychologist Bessel Van der Kolk writes in his book The Body Keeps the Score about how traumatic stress throws us out of sync with ourselves and others by preventing us from knowing what we know and feeling what we feel. He describes how very often the crux of healing traumatic stress lies in allowing the brain to know what the body knows and thus re-establish synchronicity within yourself. This in turn allows for meaningful connections to people around us. Being in sync as he calls it.

The video installation is a reflection of Van der Kolk’s ideas and my own interest in trying to understand how traumatic experiences affect and shape us. Three very different sets of people express their ways of finding release in front of the camera.

Whether that is vocal improv, laughter Yoga or kick-boxing. My participants have all told me how their practices help them touch something deep inside them, help them stay in balance with themselves and deal with their anxieties. They all use their bodies and voices to give shape to memories that are essential non-verbal, things like anger issues, anxieties, general life frustrations or deep sitting traumas they are not ready to talk about yet.“