anarcho-necro-meditation @ cca tbilisi
Документация перформанса “anarcho-necro-meditation” в исполнении (полу)животного в рамках коллективной выставки “Forest University” (Center of Contemporary Art — CCA Tbilisi, 22/4/2023).
«Анархо-некро-медитация» — серийный перформанс, который я провожу начиная с 2015 года в разных контекстов и обстоятельствах, а также в рамках разных проектов (группа {родина}, партия мёртвых, с 2023 — (полу)животное).
Суть перформанса — использование инструментов и паттернов так называемой «направляемой медитации» (guided meditation) для социальной и политической критики. Медитация в данном случае представляет собой не поиск «освобождения внутри» (потому что освобождение не бывает только лишь внутри), но скорее являет собой способ радикальной рефлексии политической ситуации: анархомедитация — вхождение в медитативное («трансовое») состояние с целью освобождения от государства (с обнаружением и уничтожением структур государства в себе), некромедитация — медитация на смерть, кризис, войну и разрыв. В устройстве анархонекромедитации лежит парадокс: с одной стороны, в ней воспроизводится монологическая ситуация пассивного слушания вещающего голоса («послушание»), с другой стороны — этот голос вещает о непослушании и призван самоустраниться. В конце концов, всё это приводит к определённому «некрокатартическому» эффекту, а вещающий голос оказывается лишь предлогом заглянуть «внутрь себя» и найти там руины.
Анархо-некро-медитация проходила в рамках коллективной выставки-лаборатории «Forest University». Это была первая некромедитация, проведённая коллективом (полу)животное — ответвлением нойз/перформанс группы животное, использующей голоса, но не использующей слова (поэтому в данном случае проект и называется по-другому). В контексте (полу)животного анархомедитация стала также и полноценным саунд-перформансом.
Некромедитации часто (хотя и не всегда) отталкиваются от какого-то текста, который посредством повторов, рекомбинаций, ритмического членения, вариаций, отклонений и дополнений по ходу дела превращается во что-то совершенно другое.
Сначала я приведу отправной текст — более компактный, соответствующий приблизительным канонам литературности. Затем последует расшифровка фактического текста некромедитации — девиантный текст-опухоль, разросшийся за счёт многочисленных повторов и инъекций. Несмотря на различия между его участками, а также несмотря на паузы, присутствовавшие по ходу самой медитации, я оставляю его нарочито сплошным. Многоточия в квадратных скобках маркируют собой те места, которые расшифровать не удалось.
Медитация проходила на английском (т.е. на международном плохом английском), однако несколько фрагментов были написаны изначально на русском — приведу их также в оригинальном варианте (см. [0. текст-зачин на русском]).
В обоих текстах — и отправном, и фактическом — есть множество цитат, в том числе цитаты из песен (сама некромедитация в некоторые моменты превращается во что-то вроде песни): Doors, “Riders on the Storm”; Diamanda Galás, “I Wake up and I See the Face of the Devil”; Death in June, “Heaven Street” (“Himmelfahrtstrasse” — так в лагере Собибор называлась дорога, ведущая к газовым камерам).
Часть текстов также может быть обозначена как «техническая» (см. [1. technical]): она состоит из инструкций (“concentrate on your breath” etc.), или же переработанных текстов, используемых в конвенциональных направляемых медитациях. При этом инструкции, касающиеся дыхания («in through the nose and out through the mouth” etc.) представляют собой что-то вроде связки или клея, соединяющего разрозненные фрагменты основного текста. Постоянное возвращение к дыханию, постоянное напоминание о дыхании (о полуавтоматическом процессе, который происходит по большей части «сам собой») выявляют само дыхание в качестве этакого экзистенциального «клея». В какой-то момент сам «технический» текст за счёт многочисленных повторений незаметно превращается в мантру и также входит в поток, переставая играть чисто формальную роль.
Некоторые части исходного текста имеют названия (в квадратных скобках), некоторые безымянны. Линейной структуры текст не имеет — фрагменты можно менять местами.
[0. текст-зачин на русском]
что там внутри
руины
не как что-то далёкое
но окровавленные руины
дымящиеся кровью
кровоточащие руины
свежий пепел
земля
и бетонная крошка
не полюбить их издалека
только изнутри
если это вообще возможно
++
следуйте за моим голосом
за этим голосом
этот голос приведёт вас в яму
в чёрную глубокую яму
эта яма — я, мы
мы, которое есть яма
и я, которое есть яма
бог смерти, яма
смерть бога, яма
++
медитация на зерне
на самой малости
на том, что осталось
представьте комочек земли
песчинку
она скрипит на зубах
у неё странный вкус
кто будет помнить о ней?
кто будет знать её?
тёмной материи больше
++++
[1. technical]
take a moment to find a place or to make yourself comfortable where you are
once you’ve reached a place of stillness, relax
close your eyes (you may close your eyes, but that’s not necessary)
begin to deepen your breath
in through the nose and out through the mouth
again
breathe
keep your body relaxed
concentrate on your breath
your reality is breath now
forget about the rest
in and out
in through the nose and out through the mouth
++++
close your eyes and begin to take a journey through your body
do a mental check of everything you feel
make yourself aware of any pain
and any happiness
any fear
and every hope
acknowledge them
I suffer
I am happy
I fear
I hope
I feel pain
I cause pain
I’m guilty
I kill the one
the big body continuum throws me away
I’m useless
I feel cold
I feel nothing
I’m dead
repeat these mantras for as long as you need, until each of these areas has received the acknowledgement it deserves
understand that suffering is just as normal as joy
begin to understand that fear goes hand in hand with hope, and that these feelings are what makes you alive in this present moment
slowly, visualize each of these feelings
first your suffering, then your happiness, then your fear, your hope, your guilt, your despair, your coldness, and, finally, your death (though actually it’s not a feeling)
see them standing before you in a line
take a small, assured step towards your suffering and embrace it as hard as you can
then do the same for your happiness, fear, hope, guilt, despair, cold
you are dead
++++
[breath of death]
gently close your eyes and take in a nice, deep breath through your nose
feel the air fill your lungs and go all the way down to the belly
resist the urge to rush through it and focus on the journey of your breath
when you’ve breathed in as far as you can go, slowly let the air out through your mouth
don’t rush through your breathing
you have all the time in the world
there is no one pressuring you
no one here to rush you
just you and your breath
just you and your death
breathe
the air smells sweet
breathe
the earth exploding with the gas of bodies
breathe
feel the air cause your lungs to expand
++++
[ruins]
look inside
deep inside
down inside
as deep as you can see
what’s there inside?
ruins
not like something distant
but bloody ruins
smoking with blood
bleeding ruins
fresh ashes
soil
and concrete chips
debris
you can’t love these ruins from the distance
only from inside
if that’s possible at all
++++
[sand and dust]
meditation on a grain
on the very little thing
on that that is rest
imagine a crumb of soil
a grain of sand
it creaks on teeth
it has a strange taste
who will remember it?
who will know it?
the dark matter prevails
the dark prevails
the not-knowing prevails
the ignorance
the impotence
prevails
++++
[bottomless pit]
follow my voice
follow this voice
it will lead you to a pit
to a dark and deep pit
this pit is me, us
us who are the pit
me who is the pit
god of death, pit
death of god, pit
let’s go to the pit
let us fall
++++
[on fire]
sure, you know that
the world is on fire
the whole world is burning
you know
the cemetery is burning
have you heard the news?
that what is burnt to ashes
burns again
did you know that?
++++
body of joy
body of labor
it is one
it is many
++++
my country brings death
and causes dying
my mother language is used as a means of excuse that
the so called “defense of the russian-speakers”
is used as a reason to start the mass murder
I’m going to speak a non-native language for the most part
and I apologize for the possible mistakes
my country brings death
and causes dying
so I would like to introduce you to dying and death
that’s all I truly possess
that’s all I bring to this world
people die in
I’m going to introduce you to dying and death
but I’m not a teacher
I have no right to speak here and now
I’m almost nothing
but a voice
I’m not a teacher
the news is the guru
the media is the teacher
the media is the message
and the message is death
I’m going to introduce you to dying and death
but my starting point is that you are already introduced to dying
and the death knows you
very well
so there’s nothing special in what you are going to hear
you face it every day
one faces it constantly
one is constantly dying
the one
a face
I wake up, and I see the face of…
++++
look inside
and question
who am I?
who the fuck am I now?
it seems that all identities fail
and nothing stays
all is gone with a flood of dirt
but it stays
and it’s no miracle that it rests
small routine movements
small creation or at least
small preservation
unnoticeable even for ourselves
— who’s there inside?
— a traitor
— stay calm and keep on betraying
++++
one is not separate from another
there’s no discrimination
separation is illusion
borders are illusory
the big body aches
somewhere
they kill
somewhere
they burn
somewhere
they rape
it’s impossible to experience this
it’s impossible to appropriate this
because this is common
continuum continues
the big body continuum is common
unappropriable
++++
— so, what’s inside?
— ruins
— to whom they belong?
— to the other
they can’t be appropriated
monopolized
they can only be shared
we can only share wounds
they are not ours
they are us
we are them
identity is sharing
sharing is the matter
— matter of what?
— so, what’s inside?
— ruins
— ruin porn
as naked as an animal
killed by explosion
could be
the big body continuum bleeds
the difference with the other is the most radical
but we share it
the wound
the ruins
that common body
the many
the one
is inside
it’s a sort of imaginary body
but when it hurts
one hurts for real
and when it’s being killed
one is being killed for real
it could be called a heart
but it’s like a forest
it’s difficult to say
where the forest ends
but it ends somehow
our peripheral heart
is inside and in front of us
our inner heart circles us
the heart is killed
and the heart is the killer
there’s a killer on the road
the heart is on the road
go kill, the heart says
go fight
go disintegrate
your self
dis-self
de-compose
go
big body no self continuum
selfless
mindfulness
++++
let the power fall
let the big body fall
let the grain of sand fall
let the ruins fall
let the debris fall
let what is burnt to ashes
burn down again
Далее привожу фактический текст анархо-некро-медитации:
good evening, dear friends
we’re glad to see you
on our anarcho-necro-meditation
it is taking place on this exhibition
called “forest university”
(you can take a look after the meditation)
so I hope that everything is ok
I want you to find a place
where you can stay
comfortable
take a moment
to find a place
to make yourself comfortable
where you are
make yourself comfortable
once you’ve reached a place
of stillness
relax
you may close your eyes
you may close your eyes
but that’s not necessary
begin to deepen your breath
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
breathe
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
breathe
deeper
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
deeper
breathe
breathe
keep your body relaxed
breathe
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
concentrate on your breath
concentrate
your reality is your breath now
forget about the rest
in and out
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
your reality is your breath now
look inside
look inside your reality
deep inside
down inside
as deep as you can see
— what’s there inside?
— what’s there?
— what’s there?
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
not like something distant
but bloody ruins
smoking with fresh blood
bleeding ruins
fresh ashes
soil
and concrete chips
debris
concrete
debris
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
you can’t love these ruins
from the distance
you can’t love these ruins
from the distance
only from inside
if that’s possible at all
as far as you can see
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out
in and out
deepen your breath
deepen your breath
deepen your breath
my country brings death
and causes dying
my mother language is used
as a means of excusing that
the so-called “defense
of the russian-speakers”
is used as a reason
to start a mass murder
I’m going to speak
a non-native language
for the most part
and I apologize
for the possible mistakes
my country brings death
and causes dying
so I would like to introduce you
to dying and death
that’s all I truly possess
that’s all I bring to this world
people die in
I’m going to introduce you
to dying and death
but I’m not a teacher
I have no right to speak
here and now
I’m almost nothing
but a voice
I’m not a teacher
the news is the teacher
the media is the teacher
the media is the message
and the message is death
I’m going to introduce you
to dying and death
but my starting point
is that you are already introduced
introduced to dying
and the death knows you
very well
so there’s nothing special
in what you’re going to hear
you face it every day
one faces it constantly
one is constantly dying
the one
a face
I wake up
and I see the face of…
I wake up
and I see…
I’m going to introduce you
to dying and death
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
meditation on a grain
on the very little thing
on that that is rest
imagine a crumb of soil
a grain of sand
it creaks on teeth
it has a strange taste
who will remember it?
who will know it?
the dark matter
the dark matter prevails
the dark
the not-knowing prevails
the ignorance
the impotence
prevails
the ignorance
the impotence dominates
sure, you know that
the world is on fire
the whole world is burning, you know
the cemetery is burning
you know
you’ve heard the news
that what is burnt to ashes
burns again
did you know that?
did you know that?
breathe
concentrate on your breath
breathe
concentrate
look inside
look inside
and question
who am I?
who am I?
who the fuck am I now?
it seems that all identities fail
and nothing remains
all is gone with a flood of dirt
nonetheless
it stays
and it’s no miracle that it rests
small routine movements
small creation
or at least
small preservation
unnoticeable
unnoticeable
even for ourselves
— what’s there inside?
— who’s there inside?
— who’s there inside?
— a traitor!
— stay calm
and keep on betraying
stay calm
and keep on betraying
stay calm
keep on
follow
follow the voice
follow the voice
it will lead you
to a pit
to a dark and deep pit
this pit is me
this pit is us
me, us
us who are the pit
me who is the pit
god of death, pit
death of god, pit
let’s go there
let’s go to the pit
let us fall
let us fall
let us fall
let us fall
let us fall
let us fall
body of joy
body of labor
body of joy
body of labor
body of joy
body of labor
it is one
it is many
it is one
it is many
body of joy
body of labor
let us fall
let us fall
let us fall
let us fall
gently close your eyes
and take in a nice, deep breath
through your nose
feel the air
fill your lungs
and go all the way down
to the belly
resist the urge
to rush through it
and focus
on the journey
of your breath
when you
when you’ve breathed
when you’ve breathed
when you’ve breathed
in as far as you can go
slowly let the air out
through your mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out
don’t rush through your breathing
you have all the time in the world
there is no one
pressuring you
no one here to rush you
just you and your breath
just you and your death
breathe
the air smells sweet
breathe
the earth exploding with the gas of bodies
breathe
feel the air
cause your lungs to expand
breathe
concentrate on your breath
breathe
concentrate on your breath
concentrate
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
you know
(do you?)
the one is not separate from another
there is no discrimination
separation is illusion
borders are illusory
the big body aches
somewhere
they kill
somewhere
they burn
somewhere
they rape
it’s impossible to experience this
it’s impossible to appropriate this
because this is common
this is common
continuum continues
this is common
the big body continuum
is common
continuum continues
the big body continuum is common
unappropriable
it’s impossible to experience this
it’s impossible to appropriate this
because this is common
continuum
continuum continues
the big body continuum
is common
unappropriable
concentrate on your breath
concentrate on your breath
concentrate on your breath
concentrate on your breath
your reality is your breath now
look inside
deep inside
— so, what’s there
inside?
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— what’s there inside?
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— to whom they belong?
— to the other
— to whom they belong?
— to the other?
— to whom they belong?
— to the other
they can’t be appropriated
monopolized
even […]
they can only be shared
we can only share
wounds
ruins
wounds
ruins
we can only share
they are not ours
they are us
they are not ours
they are us
we are them
identity is sharing
sharing is the matter
— the matter of what?
— so, what’s inside?
— so, what’s there inside?
— what’s?
— what’s inside?
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruins
— ruin porn
— ruins
— ruin porn
— ruins
— ruin porn
as naked
as naked as an animal
killed by explosion
could be
as naked as an animal
killed by explosion
could be
as naked as an animal
killed by explosion
could be
— ruins
— ruins
— ruin porn
— ruins
— ruins
— ruin porn
— ruins
— ruins
— ruin porn
— ruins
— ruins
— ruin porn
— ruins
concentrate on your breath
concentrate
on your breath
look inside
as far as you can see
— what’s there?
— what’s there?
— ruin porn!
— what’s there?
— ruins
— what’s there?
— what’s there?
as far as you can see
as far…
as you…
as you can…
the big body continuum
the big body continuum bleeds
the big body bleeds
the big body continues
the big body continues bleeding
the big body continuum
the big body continues
the big body continuum
the big body bleeding
the big body continues
the big body
body of bleeding
the big body
the big body of bleeding
the big body continuum
the big body continues
the big body bleeding
the big body bleeding
the big body
the big body
the big body
the big […]
the difference
with the other
is the most radical
but we share it
the wounds
the ruins
we share it
that common body
the many
the one
is inside
who’s inside
that common body
we share?
the many
the one
the ruins
the wounds
are inside
it’s a sort of imaginary body
but when it hurts
one hurts for real
it’s a sort of imaginary body
but when it’s being killed
one is being killed for real
it’s a sort of imaginary body
sort of imaginary
sort of
sort of imaginary body
sort of imaginary
it could be called a “heart”
it could be
called
a “heart”
but it’s like a forest
it could be called a “heart”
but it’s like a forest
it’s difficult to say
where the forest ends
but it ends somehow
it’s difficult to say
where [the forest] ends
but it ends somehow
it’s difficult to say
where the forest ends
but it ends somehow
our peripheral heart
is inside and in front of us
our inner heart
circles us around
the heart is killed
and the heart is the killer
there’s a killer on the road
the heart is on the road
“go kill, ” the heart says
go kill, the heart
“go kill, ” the heart says
go kill
go fight
go disintegrate
your self
dis-self
de-compose
go
big body no self
big body no self
big body no self continuum
big body no self
big body no self continues
big body no self
big body no self continuum
big body no self
big body no self continues
selfless
mindfulness
selfless
big body no self continuum
big body no self continues
selfless
mindfulness
big body no self continuum
big body no self
big body no self continues
selfless
mindfulness
selfless
mindfulness
selfless
mindfulness
selfless
[mindfulness]
big body no self
big body no self continuum
big body no self continues
selfless
mindfulness
selfless mindfulness
big body no self
big body no self
selfless
mindfulness
big body
big body no self
big body
big body no self
selfless
continues
dis-self
de-compose
your self
go disintegrate
[…]
go kill
dis-self
de-compose
go
it could be called a “heart”
but it’s like a forest
it could be called a “heart”
but it’s like a forest
it could be…
close your eyes and begin to take a journey
through your body
take a journey
through your body
big body no self
take a journey through there
take a journey through bellows
big body no self continues
take a journey
do a mental check
of everything you feel
do a mental check
of everything you feel
make yourself aware
of any pain
and any happiness
and fear
and every hope
acknowledge them
acknowledge them
I suffer
I am happy
I fear
I hope
I feel pain
I cause pain
I’m guilty
I kill the one
the big body
the big body continuum
the big body throws me away
I’m useless
I feel cold
I feel nothing
I’m dead
I’m dead
I’m dead
repeat these mantras
for as long as you need
until each of these areas
has received the acknowledgement it deserves
understand that suffering
is as normal as joy
begin to understand that fear
goes hand to hand
hand in hand with hope
and that these feelings
are what makes you alive
in this present moment
slowly, visualize
each of these feelings
first your suffering
then your happiness
then your fear
your hope
your guilt
your despair
your coldness
and, finally, your death
(though actually it’s not a feeling)
see them all
standing before you in a line
visualize all these feelings
visualize
see them all
standing before you in a line
go execute them
go execute
them
take a small, assured step
towards your suffering
and embrace it
as hard as you can
then do the same for your happiness
fear, hope, guilt, despair, cold
you are dead
you are dead
let us fall
let us fall
let us fall
let the power fall
let the big body fall
let us fall
let the grain of sand fall
let the ruins fall
let the debris fall
let us fall
let us fall
let what is burnt to ashes
burn down again
let what is burnt to ashes
burn down again
let what is burnt to ashes
burn down again
let us fall
let us fall
let the power fall
let the power of power fall
let us fall
let the power fall
let the power fall
let us fall
let the power fall
let us fall
listen to your breath
listen to your breath
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
and out through the mouth
in through the nose
out through the mouth
[…]
in through the nose
out through the mouth
in through the nose
out through the mouth
in through the nose
out…
in through the nose…
concentrate on your breath
concentrate on your breath
[…]
now you can feel the sound…
[…]
all the identities seem to fail
all the identities seem to fail
all the identities seem to fail
[…]
all the identities seem to fail
all identities
all identities
all identities
we will now return…
slowly…
we will now return…
we will now return slowly
we will now return
we will now return
slowly
keep breathing
keep breathing
keep breathing
the air smells sweet
keep breathing
the air smells sweet
keep breathing
the air smells sweet
the air smells sweet
keep breathing
the air smells sweet
the ruins inside
the steaming fresh ashes
fresh ashes
fresh ashes
the ruins inside
steaming fresh
burnt ashes
burnt ashes
fresh ashes
the ruins inside
smoking with blood
ashes fresh ashes
blood ashes
flesh ashes
blood ashes
flesh ashes
the ruins inside
smoke
smoke
blood
ashes
fresh ashes
the ruins inside
smoking with blood
you can’t love these ruins
from the distance
only from inside
you can’t love these ruins
from the distance
only from inside
you can’t love these ruins
from the distance
if that’s possible at all
[…]
now let me introduce you
to dying and death
now I’m going to introduce you
to dying and death
now I’m going to introduce you
to dying and death
in and out
in and out
now I’m going to
introduce you
introduce you
in and out
introduce…
in and out
in and out
introduce you
to dying and death
[…]
big body continuum
big body
big body continuum continues
big body
big body
big body of death
big body
big body of death continues
selfless
big body
big body of death
deep inside
deep inside
it’s unappropriable
deep inside
it’s unappropriable
deep inside
now, slowly
you can open your eyes
gently
open your eyes
gently
and find yourselves
where you are
[…]
find yourselves
where you are
breathe
in and out
[…]
thank you
so, how do you feel?
— fantastic
[…]
— more dead than usual
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