A MIGRATION OF BODIES AND MINDS TO COMMUNE WITHIN DEEP, SHARED AND EVOLVING WISDOM

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"The role of artworks is no longer to form imaginary or utopian realities, but to actually be ways of living and modes of action within the existing real"

Nicolas Bourriaud, Relational Aesthetics.

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YÖRÜK residencies are small gatherings and camps held in relation to cosmic and seasonal weavings. These residencies bring art practice into the act of everyday life as a space to contemplate the magic of ourselves as nature.  The teachings are deeply rooted in our practice over the last 10 years offering holdings and processes influenced by many journeys and explorations into the sacred, the mystical and crafted in village cultures throughout the world. YÖRÜK is an invitation to delve deeper into authentic creativity, to reclaim the stories we tell about our bodies and our relationship with the landscape, and to step into an intuitive process of our own myth making. The residencies are an invitation for international groups to come together across disciplines and backgrounds.

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YÖRÜK is a nomadic gathering, creating dialogues with alternative communities around the world. Most recently in collaboration with Mount of Oaks, a magical permaculture community nestled within the foothills of the Gardhuna Mountains in Portugal.  Yörük cultivates a community of practice that brings together the craftsman and healer embracing the power that we each carry within - that through our actions and our crafting we become the change makers that seed the communities we want to see in the world.  

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YÖRÜK weaves together a collection of practices through what we call the 4 lands approach - a combination of sculptural, psychological, physical and spiritual processes. Integrating the ideas of myth, magic, ecological practices and what we refer to as 'handheld knowledge' to conjure the myths of connectedness that we need for envisioning different types of futures.

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