<Passage>
explores the continuous cycle between birth and death through the idea of ritual.
Inspired by the symbolic forms of the cradle and the grave, the work reflects on the fragile passage between beginning and ending, connection and disappearance.
Breathing, eating, sleeping, and waking become quiet ceremonies that shape human existence through repetition. The piece considers how life is sustained by these rituals, and how the absence of them marks the fading of presence itself.
Through sound, moving image, and performance, fragmented circular forms gradually move toward one another, transforming between the shape of a cradle and a grave mound. Death is approached not simply as an ending, but as a transition, while birth becomes the beginning of connection, rhythm, and repetition. By reframing ordinary actions as ritualistic gestures, Passage invites the audience to reflect on the delicate cycle of living, disappearing, and becoming once again.
Death
A moment of stillness marking the quiet passage from presence into absence
Birth
The beginning of a new passage, where connection slowly emerges into the world
Both
A ritual space where death and birth coexist, revealing passage as a continuous cycle rather than an ending
Live audiovisual ritual performance developed through the MAP Project
with
Guildhall School of Music & Drama and presented at Iklectik