zavé martohardjono is a queer, non-binary trans, Indonesian-American artist born in Canada and living in Brooklyn. Working across performance, film, installation, and poetry, zavé uses dance and ritual as primary languages across projects that engage in anti-colonial storytelling. With dreams of a more just future, they make work that contends with the political histories our bodies carry and prompts inquiry into how healing and political education can de-condition the assimilated body and reconjure liberatory memory. They have made documentaries, experimental films, and video works that have shown in festivals and galleries in the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, Switzerland, and Indonesia. zavé is a 2022 Bessie-nominated performer whose choreographic and live performances have been presented in theaters, museums, and galleries across the U.S. including in New York, Los Angeles, Omaha, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and in Skopje, North Macedonia.
For more information about zavé and the resources mentioned in this episode, please visit the following links:
https://zavemartohardjono.com/
https://zavemartohardjono.com/stay-in-touch/
https://www.podpage.com/the body is the brain/
https://vimeo.com/user4262965
We talked about:
*Performaxxing, capitalism, grief and polycrisis, and transformation through Buddhist teachings
*The self, jealousy and ego struggle, mutual aid, and balancing personal comforts/discomforts with living in community
*The gift and responsibility of sensitivity, mindfulness on and off the cushion, and how small acts of kindness can positively impact others
*And the importance of understanding and enjoying that you are in the practice as well as remembering that your teachers are trying to figure this out like you are