A Practice of Love

Stems Gallery is pleased to announce ‘A ‘PRACTICE OF LOVE’, a group exhibition with works and performances by Lithic Alliance, Mustaf Ahmeti, Sorour Darabi, Charlotte De Waegenaere, Ryan Driscoll, Cee Füllemann, Monika Grabuschnigg, Donna Huanca & Paul Ferens, Romain Juan, Sarah Margnetti, Slim Soledad & Stef Van Looveren.

‘A Practice of Love’ explores the transformation of bodies within ancient and contemporary rituals. By engaging our senses with movement, sound, incense, flowers, altars, potions, and rites, this ceremony celebrates the experience of being embodied in a new and sacred world. Before transitioning from the old self to the new self, we enter in the phase of the Liminal Being, the in-Between self – the Betwixt and between. This transitional state is characterized by ambiguity, uncertainty, borderless and open for transformation. The body is a fundamental resource for the creation of these rituals - the ritualisation of the body is the primary means whereby rituals are brought into being. ‘A Practice of Love’ examines how ritual experiences are manifested through the body and what physical marks they leave behind on us.