ELINA BRY

WORK
Les Mots* du Corps 
*Sanat/Säryt 
*Words/Aches












Performance
Goolugatup Heathcote
Perth, Western Australia
2024 Les Mots* du Corps ~ *Sanat/Säryt *Words/Aches

Does the body only ache in the language the ache was felt in?

When a person speaks different languages does emotions get stored in the language the emotions were felt or are all the emotions stored within the potluck which is the body.

I reflect on how a body keeps ache in its languages rather than its body parts. We are familiar with the term muscle memory, the body keeps the score, but what happens to people who are multilingual and reflecting and experiencing life in different languages and cultures. Do they have different personas depending on the language they speak? Do they all feel different?

If I cry in Finnish does my French side hurt? If I experience joy in French does my English side feel it too? I’ve never felt a heartbreak in Finnish. Does it mean that one third of my heart is pure?

If only we knew.

*Mots : Sanat, Words

*Maux : Säryt, Aches





Documentation of Performance at Goolugatup Sound in November 2024
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Creative Degrowth Scotland ELINA BRY is French/Finnish, Glasgow based multidisciplinary artist and award-winning filmmaker. They work across video, storytelling and live performance, and is interested at listening to and re-staging the malfunctions of the human body. They are curious about the body as a sentient arena; as a responsive tool and as a protagonist of an everyday drama. By that, they investigate the known, model it and work in collaboration with the instability of their body. It is essential that they don't cause any harm as they want to challenge their body with the everyday, in order to give a stage and witness what is already there.
The thematic undercurrents of ecology and slow travel prominently weave through their artistic endeavours. Through their multidisciplinary approach, they seek to unravel the nuanced interplay between the human form and its environment, exploring the intricacies of the body while maintaining a conscientious connection to ecological and sustainable principles.