Her Blue Sear Fire, 2009, 7th International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics, Valamo Monastery, Heinävesi, Finland.

Live performance captured on camera and screened in exhibitions and film/video art/screendance festivals.

A multiple-year live performance project initially developed in collaboration with Iowa artist, Deanne Wortman in 2001 and later performed as a solo.  Inspired by the creation story initiated by the air-goddess, Ilmatar, in Canto 1 of the Finnish epic poem, The Kalevala. Spoken word, chant & movement within the spaces of a sculptural installation comprised of birch and other wood. Performed on stage (theatrical) and in galleries, conference and other spaces and outdoors. The two significant outdoor performances of Her Blue Sea Fire took place in and alongside a pond in rural Iowa and on a frozen river in Heinävesi, Finland in 2001 and 2009 respectively. The sculptural set for the Finland performance was developed and constructed in residency at the Mekrijärvi Forest Research Station in Ilomantsi, Finland in the summer of 2008. A short film also by the name of Her Blue Sea Fire that documented the performances in situ in Finland and the US has been screened in several locations.

With musicians, Heikki Laitinen and Sanna Kurki-Suonio.

Camera: Robert Swope.

Video and photographic documentation of this work is in the permanent collection of the Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland.

SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS:

• A 2-minute excerpt from the video of Her Blue Sea Fire (2009) is presented in Act I of the “every.single.one” live performance as part of its projection design. 2023-25.
• Jumping Frames Video Dance Festival, Official Selection. Kowloon, Hong Kong.  2011.
• Burgundy International Festival of Video-Danse, Official Selection. Conservatory of Burgundy in Chalon sur Saône, France.  2011.