ikarus: son of the sun — fall into eternity
Short film created one morning in Ubud, Bali — by Frida.

“transition”

Short film created one morning in Ubud, Bali — by Frida.
Ikarus: Son of the Sun is a 5-day public performance at Tjampuhan River in Ubud-Bali by artist Ra’zsal. This piece entitled “Seeking Pleasure of Stillness” captures the moment of contemplation and reflection in the company of nature – and literally listening to “rock music” – as seen in the video, Ra’z is with an industrial headset plugged into a rock by the river – listening to the pleasure of poetic stillness coming from natural elements - the rocks, water, wind, insects, the beating heart, the sound of breath.

The performance piece is a reminder for us to take a moment to pause and ponder to the pleasure of stillness around us.

This video is a second edit.

ikarus: seeking pleasure for stillness

Ikarus: Son of the Sun is a 5-day public performance at Tjampuhan River in Ubud-Bali by artist Ra’zsal. This piece entitled “Seeking Pleasure of Stillness” captures the moment of contemplation and reflection in the company of nature – and literally listening to “rock music” – as seen in the video, Ra’z is with an industrial headset […]
Note: Please watch this film in high quality resolution if you have fast internet connection.

“I do think that women could make politics irrelevant. By as a kind of spontaneous
cooperative action, the like of which we have never seen. Which is so far from people’s ideas of state structure and vital social structure that seems to them like total anarchy. And what it really is is very subtle forms of interrellation which do not follow sort of hierarchical pattern which is fundamentally patriarchal. The opposite to patriarchy is not matriarchy but fraternity. And I think it’s women who are going to have to break this spiral of power and find the trick of cooperation.” – dub lyrics of “germaine” by sinead o’connor

the worldly-world is ready for the rise of women. it’s about time!

shortfilm by razsal
www(dot)razsal(dot)com

Downtown Ubud – a shortfilm

Note: Please watch this film in high quality resolution if you have fast internet connection. “I do think that women could make politics irrelevant. By as a kind of spontaneous cooperative action, the like of which we have never seen. Which is so far from people’s ideas of state structure and vital social structure that […]
“Dance to the point of exhaustion, as if you were a mountaineer climbing a hill,

a sacred mountain. Dance until you are so out of breath that your organism

is forced to obtain oxygen some other way, and it is that, in the end,

that will cause you to lose your identity and your relationship with space and time.

Dance only to the sound of percussion; repeat the process everyday;

know that, at certain moment, your eyes will, quiet naturally, close,

and you will begin to see a light that comes within,

a light that answers your questions and develops your hidden powers.

“During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses its controlling power,

and the heart takes up the veins of the body.”

~ The Witch of Portobello, Paulo Coehlo

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Performance piece for the “One Billion Rising” talk with Eve Ensler (activist and author of The Vagina Monologues) at Silliman University, Dumaguete-Philippines | 18 December 2012

“One Billion Rising is an appreciation, amplification and an escalation. When One Billion bodies rise and dance on 14 February 2013, we will join in solidarity, purpose and energy and shake the world into a new consciousness. Dancing insists we take up space. It has no set direction but we go there together. It’s dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive. It breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere at anytime with anyone and everyone. It’s free. No corporation can control it. It joins us and pushes us to go further. It’s contagious and it spreads quickly. It’s of the body. It’s transcendent.” ~ Eve Ensler

TRANSCEnDANCE: Rebirthing and Rising

“Dance to the point of exhaustion, as if you were a mountaineer climbing a hill, a sacred mountain. Dance until you are so out of breath that your organism is forced to obtain oxygen some other way, and it is that, in the end, that will cause you to lose your identity and your relationship […]
Ikarus – the Son of the Sun – surrenders into the influence of the cosmic eye and the light of darkness.

Part of a live performance art series in Ubud, Bali-Indonesia. Ra’zsal as Ikarus as Ra’zsal.

ikarus: shaman of darkness

Ikarus – the Son of the Sun – surrenders into the influence of the cosmic eye and the light of darkness. Part of a live performance art series in Ubud, Bali-Indonesia. Ra’zsal as Ikarus as Ra’zsal.
ikarus : a prologue
wind.talk | pindekan

ikarus | crossing the portal

June 8, 2013 by ra'zsal

ikarus|crossing the portal — a site-specific performance art by ra’z salvarita at the dragon’s back ridge in ubud, bali “the island of the gods”. the video footage has been turned into a ‘short film’ – in a way recreating anew the experience of ‘real-time’ performance. (august 2012, indonesia)

video by elle divine | editing by ra’zsal

prologue to bali moon (performance at the silliman hall)

May 17, 2013 by ra'zsal

performance piece by ra’z salvarita during the poetry night celebrating the 52nd silliman university national writers workshop at the silliman hall, dumaguete city – philippines. may 2013

epilogue to bali moon (performance at the silliman hall)

May 17, 2013 by ra'zsal

performance piece by ra’z salvarita during the poetry night celebrating the 52nd silliman university national writers workshop at the silliman hall, dumaguete city – philippines. may 2013

rhythm and recital: poetry performance at silliman hall

May 10, 2013 by ra'zsal

featuring performance pieces by ra’z salvarita

transitions…crossings: duet performance art with russ and ra’z @ indie.go arthub

April 18, 2013 by ra'zsal

Recital (Coming Soon)

April 1, 2013 by ra'zsal

Ikarus: Son of the Sun — “Kosmic Incantations”

February 7, 2013 by ra'zsal

“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” – Rumi

January 23 – A day of “Saturn Return” — zooming into Source; a transition towards transformation.

In this video, the colours that are significant for the Balinese spiritual culture are highlighted – as they represent the island’s gods. A fusion of cultural immersion and creatively-inspired expression.

So, a year later, Ikarus returns to the Source… and performs at the old wooden ubud bridge on January 23, 2013 — a day of remembering the birth into the third dimensional existence…

More about Ikarus at www(dot)razsal(dot)com

Videography by Elle Divine
Film Editing by Ra’z Salvarita
Ubud, Bali-Indonesia
2013

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IKARUS: SON OF THE SUN

Let your Spirit soar!

ikarus: son of the sun — fall into eternity

“transition”

ikarus: seeking pleasure for stillness

Downtown Ubud – a shortfilm

TRANSCEnDANCE: Rebirthing and Rising

ikarus: shaman of darkness

ikarus : a prologue

wind.talk | pindekan