Ripples from The OoM Residency Experience
And a prayer for the waters, all our benevolent elders, and collective ancestors.
Hello dear friends and co-conspirators,
It’s winter in the northern hemisphere where we are. As the lands and waters here ask us to quiet down, we are present to the opportunity for deep reflection and slowness, examining our relationship to the light and the dark.
As One of Many Studio sits with this transitionary moment, we are sitting in deep acknowledgement and gratitude for bodies of water that held us this past year.
The Lake of the Galilee. The memory of water in Wadi Rum. The River Jordan. The Dead Sea. The Pacific Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean.
To these waters, and all our benevolent elders & ancestors: thank you for all the ways you make it possible for us to dream bigger, to experience freedom, and to dismantle systems of oppression & erasure. We create from a space of limitless possibilities because of all the ways you could not. Thank you for making it easier for us to BE.
Applications for the Residency Experience 2024 are open.
We call this the "Residency Experience" because our time together will have ripple effects yet to be co-created, and opportunities to steward our shared collective wisdom in the months following our gathering. That said, part of the experience is an 11 day residency that will take place on May 10th - May 21st, 2024. We will convene in the city of Amman, incubate in the Wadi Rum Desert, and integrate at the Dead Sea.
Acceptances will be confirmed by March 1st, 2024 at which time you will receive information on creative development process, travel logistics, fees, etc.
The film from the Residency Experience 2023 is live!
Editing this with Jonah Best (Resident 2023) took us right back to the desert with our beloved community, and we hope you can find some joy in the sights and sounds of our time together.
Join us in NYC on February 17th
All ticket sales and donations go towards compensating our artists and supporting fundraising efforts for The OoM Residency Experience.
Featuring:
Live podcast recording by AX Mina of the Five and Nine Podcast (Resident 2023)
Calligraphy performance & installation by Adelle Lin (Resident 2023)
Origami crane-making and participatory altar installation with Sarah Aoanan (Resident 2022)
Visual art by Sun Katayama (Resident 2022)
Music by AERI
The PREMIER of The OoM Residency 2023 Film
More to be announced soon…
Five and Nine Season 4 comes to a close.
It’s been such a joy to co-present this season of the Five and Nine Podcast with AX Mina (Resident 2023). Most of the episodes were recorded in Wadi Rum during the OoM Residency Experience 2023!
Our finale will be coming out in the next few weeks. In the meantime, check out our most recent episodes with 2023 residents Azad John-Salimi and Helen Banach. PLUS a bonus minisode of our Embodied Water Practice.
Until next time, we wish you deep rest and ease.
With love,
Britt & Nour