R U B E D O

If I am not connected through the union of the Lower and the Higher, I fall into three parts, connected by an ephemeral thread as a distant reminder of the original integrity.

The number Two, which originates from the division of the One, must always lead to Three, which eventually reunites the divided ones. Sun and Moon, upper and lower, transmitting and receiving, positive and negative, active and passive, spirit and matter. The third element that unites them is Incognito. 

Often, adapting to the generally accepted rules of the societal games, instinctive “wild” reactions are being suppressed. Thus, the union of the Lower and the Higher falls apart and confrontation appears. Only in a state of equilibrium and under the condition that none of the parties dominates over the other, something Third arises.

A Human is born.

Authors: Svetlana Lenichko & Sofia Melikova  

Video documentation,

Performance “Rubedo”,

Buto-E festival “The Oath of Silence”, 

“Osobnyak” Theatre, 

St. Petersburg, 
19 February 2023.