An interdisciplinary immersive performance fusing dance, aerial hoop, digital art and action painting.

An imaginative and immersive Zen experience, taking the viewer on a journey through circular forms (including aerial hoop and the moon) culminating with a live painting of an Enso circle (known as Zen Circle in the art of Japanese caligraphy).

The live digital drawing projects animated objects and patterns around the performer. The audience is surrounded by four speakers where the musical loops circle around with layered cello and vocal harmonies.

The work explores the states of altered consciousness awakened by the connection to something bigger than ourselves.

The piece draws inspiration from Enso, the iconic circular symbol, considered to be the pinnacle of Zen Buddhism and a mirror of the moon. Empty yet full, infinite yet complete. It symbolises unity, enlightment, strength and elegance in all its purity and simplicity.
It reflects Japanese aesthetics and Zen-philosophy of an energy expression in the moment; the artist paints the circle in one breath, with no corrections permitted afterwards.

The best Ensos are brushed in a higher state of consciousness where the circle brushes itself in a synchronistic way, with very little effort and control by the artist. "The true creative spirit takes over and the work creates itself beyond anyone’s expectations.” Glassman, Infinite Circle - Teachings in Zen