‘Balance of Power’

When I went to the Tate Modern Gallery, there was a yoga display on featuring soldiers practicing different yoga movements. A  Puerto-Rico based artist duo Allora and Calzadilla, have worked together to explore subjects such as geopolitics and power relations. In this work, 3 uniformed performers move through a cycle of 3 ‘warrior’ yoga poses which combine strength, balance and tenacity. In this work, they portray spiritual and meditative behaviour. This work also explores the difference between these military and non-military worlds and how yoga and mindfulness is used as part of their combat training.

This  relates to my work as I want to explore different ways of mindfulness and how practicing mindfulness can change your perception of things within your day to day life.