Video by Tuomas Laitinen capturing the work atmosphere of the residency.

Landing Sites is a choreographic work by Daria Faïn,
who invited her collaborators poet-architect Robert Kocik,
sound artist Christian Konrad Schröder
and live artist Tuomas Laitinen
to the Saari Residency in the south-west of Finland.
There they engaged for two weeks in
imagining, invocating and experimenting
on the spatio-temporal structure and materiality of the piece.
That structure and materiality originates in
a meditation practice,
contemplative and critical reading of Karen Barad’s theory
of agential realism and
the material offerings of the environment,
such as clay, lime, lichen and clover.
sinewave
tibetan book of the dead - original translation is “liberation through hearing”
building a chair for each poet separately for a reading
in Chinese the external is everything that is outside, internal is everything that is inside,
exterior is the outside surface of the envelope (like the womb),
interior is the inside surface of the envelope (like the skin of the belly).
--Tuomas Laitinen

These videos are for archival purposes only.

Part of the material of Daria dancing in these videos was included as solos in the original film realized at The Chocolate Factory. Both video captured and sound heard are by Christian Konrad Schröder.

Sequences of movement created with the knot at the center of the chest.

This acupuncture point is called ‘Central Place’ and corresponds to the heart.

It is part of a larger section called Protectors, and is included in the original film realized at the Chocolate Factory.

This choreographic material is part of a larger section called mother - matter and is included in the original film realized at the Chocolate Factory.

This sequence of movement came from a series of meditations of the 5 Dakini Mandala.

This improvisation came from a series of meditations of the 5 Dakini Mandala.

This section is a revival of a piece on Medusa in 1998 and is also part of the upcoming film included in Protectors filmed at The Chocolate Factory.

This improvisation came from a series of meditations of the 5 Dakini Mandala and the Parking sign.