It is believed that when we are young, we are confused by the differing versions of what life ought to be: What is ethical, how to love, who to be. While some of us learn to quiet this angst, some of us are particularly sensitive and overwhelmed by it. When our own reality is becoming increasingly impossible to endure, some imagine an alternate self to see who has it worse. And while some look for a philosophy to live by, others have a buzzing earthquake of fear, loneliness, dread and desire waiting to express itself. This Field Project wants to unearth this buzzing, harness this angst as energy and convert it into… something.
Raja’s work is based on the principle that we create ‘Honest Reactions’ to ‘Imaginary Situations’ – so by dramatising these social scenarios of fighting death or combatting loneliness through dance and theatre, we provide a doorway to look much closer at what is often avoided or too heavy to process.
Using his company the feath3r theory’s signature style of Myth, Madness, Montage, and Melodrama to move from wildness and chaos to order and emotional resonance, our interest in the Field Project is in discerning if and how our world is falling apart and creating ‘The Absolute Future’ that brings people together.
Raja Feather Kelly
