Through 2009 and 2010 the nomads explored the colour blue and the naked
human body with a series of workshops and performances. The project
linked with The Love Art Lab, the seven year collection of wedding
performances by Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, each year themed
around a different colour.
At
Annie and Beth's Blue Wedding, created in Oxford with performers from
around the world, Luke Dixon wrote and performed this homily:
In southern Africa the Xhosa people call a sky without clouds a
lonely sky. We are here today to ensure that the sky will never be
lonely again. We are here today to marry the sky. The blue of the sky
reminds us of the blue of the fifth chakra. The chakra of open clear
communication, of feelings and of thoughts and of creativity. It is the
chakra of releasing and of breathing. It is the chakra of the life-force
and of healing. As we look at the sky above us, let us remember the
power and importance of communication – of being free to speak what is
in our hearts and listen to what is in the hearts of others. Annie and
Beth I will now ask you to say your vows.
May
2009 Colchester Arts Centre
June 2009 Gove House Oxford
March 2010 Kings Place