© My Photograph Bali

Dance Research NRW #61

Sikut Awak: Body in foreign space

‘Asta kosala kosali’ is a traditional Balinese architectural concept that defines how space is designed. At its central core is ‘sikut gegulak’, a system of measurement that uses the human body – from head to toe – to determine the proportions, distances and volumes of a house. This practice reflects a Balinese worldview in which humans are not autonomous individuals, but manifestations of the universe: the body as a small cosmos, the house as its larger counterpart.

Based on this knowledge, Bali-born choreographer Krsina Satya explores how the body adapts to geographically, socially, culturally and emotionally distant environments. His research project ‘Sikut Awak’ is being based in Düsseldorf and focuses on Frank Gehry’s Neuer Zollhof, whose radically curved, almost fluid forms embody a deconstructivist approach to space.

Sonic Movements

Body in foreign space with Krisna Satya: Spatial Choreography that shapes a city

During his Dance Research NRW residency in Düsseldorf, Krisna Satya explored the relationship between body and space through traditional Balinese concepts of architecture and spatial organisation.

Beginning with Frank Gehry's iconic Neuer Zollhof, he moved through Düsseldorf with practices of measuring, walking and sensing, tracing how architecture is experienced through the body. Following Gehry's recent passing, this research offers a timely way to revisit his architectural legacy from a choreographic perspective.

In this episode, Krisna Satya shares his travel journal as an audio walk – an invitation to move through your own city, to notice its rhythms, proportions and textures, and to experience familiar spaces through a different way of seeing and moving.

To listen, please click on the image on the left.

Introductory video

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© My Photograph Bali

Dance Research NRW #61

Sikut Awak: Body in foreign space

‘Asta kosala kosali’ is a traditional Balinese architectural concept that defines how space is designed. At its central core is ‘sikut gegulak’, a system of measurement that uses the human body – from head to toe – to determine the proportions, distances and volumes of a house. This practice reflects a Balinese worldview in which humans are not autonomous individuals, but manifestations of the universe: the body as a small cosmos, the house as its larger counterpart.

Based on this knowledge, Bali-born choreographer Krsina Satya explores how the body adapts to geographically, socially, culturally and emotionally distant environments. His research project ‘Sikut Awak’ is being based in Düsseldorf and focuses on Frank Gehry’s Neuer Zollhof, whose radically curved, almost fluid forms embody a deconstructivist approach to space.

Sonic Movements

Body in foreign space with Krisna Satya: Spatial Choreography that shapes a city

During his Dance Research NRW residency in Düsseldorf, Krisna Satya explored the relationship between body and space through traditional Balinese concepts of architecture and spatial organisation.

Beginning with Frank Gehry's iconic Neuer Zollhof, he moved through Düsseldorf with practices of measuring, walking and sensing, tracing how architecture is experienced through the body. Following Gehry's recent passing, this research offers a timely way to revisit his architectural legacy from a choreographic perspective.

In this episode, Krisna Satya shares his travel journal as an audio walk – an invitation to move through your own city, to notice its rhythms, proportions and textures, and to experience familiar spaces through a different way of seeing and moving.

To listen, please click on the image on the left.

Introductory video

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