CommissionPerformance

Belle Santos: The Wake

garment: outer covering, sewn skin-like fabric/fabric, a soft container, a suit
depression: a state of mourning
vessel: a container capable of holding something or someone
the wake: a performative attempt, a sketch, wake, form of mourning, collective practice
a body: a vessel
encounter: to come into contact with something, to come into conflict with something
spill: to flow over the edge or outside the boundaries of something, to leak, overflow

“the wake” is a contemplative performance installation with choreographic elements in which viewers are invited to let their gaze float freely and thus embark on their own journey of mourning.