Positive Desintegration Meditation
Hut covered with earth and grass, solar panel, wind turbine, leds, audio, plexiglass, 2016

Kampsheide is a nature reserve - home to prehistoric burial mounds and a dolmen - for which Houkema developed a temporary burial mound. Inside the mound the audience could listen to a guided meditation, reminiscent of the mythical 'witte wieven'. Inspired by the ideas of Joanna Macy, the meditation calls for positive disintegration as a rite of passage to the 'Anthropocene'.

You can listen to the meditation here: https://vimeo.com/174181660 (English subtitles)

Concept, design and text: Sharon Houkema
Voice and music: Stephanie Pan

Commissioned by Into Nature Art Expedition en Land Art Contemporary iaw Drents Landschap.

Photo: Harry Cock