Body of Water of and Land

Please join us this Friday, October 6th, from 6:30-8PM, for an opening performance Body of Water of and Land by Kathie Halfin for Enmeshed, Dreams of Water, an exhibition held at NARS Foundation as part of the Immigrant Artist Biennial 2023: Contact Zone. Body Of Water And Land is an interactive healing performance nurtured by research, shamanism, and ceremony.

Kathie Halfin uses flower essences native to her native Crimean steppe and mountains to evoke the traditional customs of the region that has been annexed by Russia since 2014. While manifesting dignity and healing, Halfin moves across a canvas map of Ukraine and smudges it with herbal essences, acknowledging the harm being imposed by the Russian state on Ukrainian land and its people. The sound for this performance is created in collaboration with multimedia sound artist and composer Julia Santoli.