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| Time of residency | June 2025 |
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| Contact info | www.ladanzateria.corsica |
| Definition of artistic practice? | My practice explores "proving and feeling" - confronting scientific knowledge and intuitive understanding, inspired by interconnection within forest networks as a model of connection for humans. I develop a choreographic method based on connecting with trees and ancient stones to write my choreographic scores capable of healing what needs to be healed. |
| Title of the investigation at the residency | Sylvia, Prouver et Eprouver "To prove and to feel" |
| Description of investigations and findings | Our project connects Bornholm and Corsican forests through mystical and digital networks to strengthen them against climate change. During my Bastia residency, I developed a “mystical” choreographic protocol guided by trees’ voices, using emotional intelligence as creative process. In Bornholm, I explored interconnected menhirs’ wisdom. A personal conflict triggered feminist awakening: contemporary art and science must abandon patriarchal dominant systems and return to essential sensitivity of rarely heard voices: trees, stones, women, children. Key discovery: forests and stones are already connected island to island. Humans forgot to connect to their species and nature. Trees transmitted a 7-key protocol to reactivate ancestral cellular memory, as understanding passes through emotional intelligence and body before mind. My science book formalizes these insights into “protosensocollaborative science” validating multiple truth systems through collaborative verification. |
| What are you most curious about or invested in in your own practice? | I'm most curious about how ancestral cellular memory can be reactivated through choreographic protocols to reconnect humans with nature's wisdom. I'm invested in proving that trees and stones already hold interconnected knowledge that transcends islands - and that our bodies can access this ancient intelligence through emotional and somatic perception, bypassing the limitations of purely rational approaches. |
| What questions did you bring to investigate and what questions are you leaving with? | I came with: How can we digitally connect Corsican and Bornholm forests to help them empower themselves against climate change? I'm leaving with: Why connect what's already connected? The real question became: How do we reactivate humans' forgotten ability to connect to ancestral memory in their cells? My new questions: Can choreography heal our species' disconnection from universal intelligence? How do we validate intuitive knowledge alongside scientific proof? |
| Transformative, creative moments at the residency | The transformative moment came during a heated argument with my colleague Syd. His words triggered my feminist awakening: "I don't need a man's validation to know if my art is contemporary. I don't need to hide behind a man or scientist to say what I believe." This conflict made me realize that contemporary art and science must abandon patriarchal systems and return to essential sensitivity - letting rarely heard voices speak: trees, stones, women, and children. |
| Keywords for the work done at the residency | Chestnut tree, Female, Island Connection, Ritual, Shamanism |
| Research locations | BIRCA grounds, Forrest |
| Further documentation | Laetitia's unfinished science book |
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Laetitia BRIGHI
