Image-Mania

In the video, we see a solo attempted after conducting an experiment with Image-Mania. A practice which encourages awareness and availability to the impulse process, in the emergence of concepts and in their transformation to action. It is informed by the concept of monkey-mind, a Buddhist term evoking a sense of restlessness and capriciousness, whimsical and uncontrollable. Through this modality, the many serendipitous lucidities of the void, of chaos, appear malleable.

Softly awaken the body through movement, tuning-in and warming-up. Invite impulses to emerge, ideas to ignite. As they do, trace their appearance and disappearance. Gain agency in manifesting impulses and enacting them with relative fluidity.

Begin accelerating the emergence and enaction of impulses. Seeking a constant cycle of appearance and disappearance, an ongoing chain of impulses, one idea transitions and transforming fluidly into the next. Trace these transformations, conceptualizing the impulses as both individual units and fragments of an endless sequence.

It is time for an acceleration marathon. For two-minutes, radically accelerate the emergence and transformation of impulses, one by one and all together. Challenge yourself, both in the cognitive tracing of the impulses and in the availability of movement. Take a break to wind down. Now again, for seven-minutes.

Continue experimenting, noticing how the marathon impacted your awareness and availability to the impulse process.

Begin decelerating, suspending each idea and each action, making them dense. Challenge yourself to work with one impulse for longer and longer, squeezing out nuance and potential.

Explore the deceleration and acceleration of impulses freely. Find an ending.

6: Image-Mania Solo