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| Time of residency | June 2026 |
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| Contact info | alaya@myrkr.dk |
| Definition of artistic practice? | Performance artist, scenographer, and director. Creates moments of connection as a gentle dark-sky activist and Artistic Director of MYRKR. MYRKR explores darkness as a sensory and poetic space that reconnects people with the night, the natural world, and their inner landscape. MYRKR creates theatre performances, audio walks, podcasts, and films—all united by a shared fascination with darkness, and most often experienced in the dark. |
| Title of the investigation at the residency | Ritual, Synchronicity & Creation |
| Description of investigations and findings | For several years, I have worked with the landscape as a co-creative force in my artistic practice. Over the past couple of years, ritual has also become an essential part of both my creative process and my work. I knew that I wanted to research and develop an immersive work in which participants experience the feeling of walking through the same dream—a journey into a liminal space, a world in between. I wanted to remain open to the encounters we had at sacred places and through our rituals. Where is that special place where the energy shifts and you become receptive to another world? And how does that influence my artistic process? |
| What are you most curious about or invested in in your own practice? | I am curious about how ritual can become a co-creative force in the artistic process, shaping not only the work itself but also the experience of those who encounter it. Through immersive performance, landscape, and sensory dramaturgy, I explore liminal spaces where audiences can experience connection, transformation, and a shared sense of dreaming. |
| What questions did you bring to investigate and what questions are you leaving with? | Can I co-create with ritual in the making of an artistic work? I think I had moments doing that, and that it is an approach I intend to continue exploring. One of the questions I encountered along the way was the balance between the constructed and the intuitive within the work itself. Can a ritual be constructed? And how much space should be left for intuition? It also became clear to me that ritual requires time—before, during, and after. This is something I will carry with me. |
| Transformative, creative moments at the residency | I experienced many transformative moments during the residency. What truly opened something for me, however, was the openness and generosity within the group. A sense of synchronicity emerged between us, and that in itself was deeply transformative. Exploring ritual and the artistic process together wove our individual inquiries into a shared experience, allowing our processes to become interconnected. |
| Keywords for the work done at the residency | Daydreaming, Drumming, Embodied Landscapes, Immersion, Ritual, udesidning |
| Research locations | BIRCA grounds, Chakra energy fields, Hammerknuden, Wood at BIRCA |
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Alaya Riefensthal
