Kora

Over the summer of 2022 I will be making a new performance work Kora in a number of locations.

Many Tibetans, even old and frail ones make pilgrimages on their hands and knees, measuring the ground with their bodies.  They stretch out their whole body, prostrate on the ground, mark the place where their hands come to rest.  They then stand up, walk forwards to this point and start the action over again. This is called Kora. This is an act of endurance and faith that I would not feel able to undertake at a pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, but I hope to make a “Kora” here in the UK, in preparation for a planned, walked pilgrimage at Mount Kailash in the future.  I propose to make this action in various sites, at home, at work and in places of pilgrimage and interest around the country.

My first Kora was performed as part of Fringe Arts Bath in a programme curated by Clare Carswell and Peta Lloyd championing work by older women