What is it to be? Not thinking about being or thinking about how to
be. Simply be.
Kissed by the Isness – working group has explored consciousness through the human body with meditative
approaches for two years. Now this ‘exploration’ creates a space in Kiasma Theatre, where it is possible to
breathe through a meditative moment, or moments, and experience the pulse of being, a vortex, where
everything is equally possible or impossible.
At the center of the work is the working group of eight people, of whom some are professional artists, but
the group also has a nurse, soldier, family therapist, insurance expert and cargo assistant among it. Ages
range from 35 to 60. What unites these people is their desire to get to know their true selves through the
meditative approaches used in the process in a wide-ranging and unprejudiced manner.
Laura and the Kissed by the Isness group collaborated to make photographic works that were part of
the performance.
The works were exhibited after each performance in the lobby of the Kiasma theater.
19-29.10.2019 Kiasma Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki Finland
© 2025 Copyright: Laura Rautjoki in cooperation with the Kissed by the Isness Group.
