How does ritual relate with the idea of a sacred place, a cultural frame, a holy territory, the search for identity and the relationship with homeland?
By performing a ritual in public, the objective of Mágico Real is to regain a connection with nature and community in the context of shamanism. This experience offers the opportunity to connect and deepen one's understanding through science and spirituality .
A ritual, like art, is a cultural expression. This performance is a 21st century ritual. It builds a collective identity that enables participants to work on individual spirituality and a sense of community, and as a form of occupational therapy with direct effects in the collective consciousness.
ARTISTS' MANIFESTO
We want to evoke nature spirits and cast spells.
Spells, for us, are understood as an expression of our own sacred power to create light.
We believe light refers to the connection we share with others.
We want to share the consciousness of understanding that every human being is able to share light at will.
We believe in protection spells, like wishes of safety from a mother to her children.
We want to invoke different deities as metaphors of group identification to a higher state of being, to see ourselves as part of a community and to share knowledge we have embraced from our ancestral cultures and old religions.
We use technology to create symbols, natural elements and sacred places. We want to encourage meditation, connection and shared spirituality.
To remember how we all come from light, our true nature.
Javier Molina & Diana Castro
Mágico Real focuses on an exploration of ancient and contemporary shamanistic practices from Latin American cultural heritages and its influences over new artistic and social practices in contemporary culture.
This "new ritual" will be reconstituted through digital media, performance and interactive storytelling, an experience which seeks to contribute to the development of assistive technology, social justice and spiritual practice.
