Magic Maids

Colomboscope

Creation-Workshop-Ritual with Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera

BMICH Kamatha Open Theatre

Way of the Forest

Way of the Forest is shaped with over 40 Sri Lankan and international artists and collectives. Interwoven with interdisciplinary programmes (Mushroomings) ranging from conversations, excursions, performances, workshops and an open air cinema.

This workshop-ritual is a way of researching and creating together, using ‘ritual cleansing’ as the overall framework for the workshop. We will explore - How can we sweep out and unsettle deep-seated issues related to women’s oppression? How can we begin to purge, purify, and cleanse the violence in a collective ritual? Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera will be sharing the following tools from their ongoing research: BROOM: An axis that connects the image of the witch and the housemaid, a tool for playful morphing, physical exploration. What does it mean to extend oneself through the broom, to become broom, to become wild. GOSSIPING: To reclaim it as a female practice of solidarity and knowledge building. LAUGHING and HOWLING: To release, reclaim, rejoice, reconnect with the primal. SPELL CASTING: Explore the power of intention, articulated through movement, sound, objects, words and collective chanting etc.For women and fem-identifying participants.This workshop builds on the work-in-progress performance 'Magic Maids' by Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera. We advise registration exclusively for participants who have previously witnessed the performance (20 January, 6 - 7 PM at BMICH Kamatha Open Theatre).

Magic Maids

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