Works since 1996 as art laboratory, which implements itself in various culturological, art and educational projects. Maisternia pisni is organized like medieval guild. Its art activity lies at the intersection of theatre and traditional music.
Maisternia pisni is a traditional view on the world, song and man as a studio of creation, form of self-consciousness – recognizing of his vocation. This is the method of work on the territory of objectlessness. Through the work with traditional forms of singing we find clear footworn over the ages way to our personal, unique and dear, what we can hand down to other person. The traditional song provides access to primary source, it is a bearer of knowledge, it can teach, cure and change the life. We use traditional technologies according to which a singing is a service, a singing is an instrument of connection with traditional ideology.
“Maisternia Pisni” investigates and realizes the laws of Tradition, principles of its existence, organisation, rythual in the Master - Disciple transfer, in the form of encounter, holyday as a culture accomplishment. This is a new anthropology based on ancient laws and forms of Tradition and it is being realized in the present socio-cultural space and time.
Creative work and education appears from the quality of artistic reality – connection with Tradition, knowing of way or bridge between sacred, folk and secular culture and laws of Tradition, professional and human competence.
On the private territory of Master there is no division into cultural formats.Because of Masterpersonality andtheterritoryofSongasworkshop,through theatremodel as universal form of transformation of invisible into visible and a place of meeting of active representative of reality (performer) with contemplating witness (audience) the art appears again as personal, but notpop-one.
“Maisternia pisni” implies:
- A work with the Ukrainian song as a category of life, a spiritual category.
- An open art laboratory of song, elaboration of original methodology on working with the song where the singing is considered to be a spiritual practice of tradition in the context of metaphysics, anthropology and culturology.
- Awareness of new creative forces in Ukraine (singing, composing, dramatic, theatre directing, producing) and opening a new creative field.
- Producing the new pieces of art like an impulsive provocation towards the contemporary socio-cultural network space.
- Forming a new creative team of a new generation: concerning methodology of creative movement, understanding of new creative field and examination of creative work. Provoking, training and reproducting bearers of new type of art producing, marketing and management.
- Work of creative team which forms the basis of singing drama school.
- Conducting master classes, workshops, festivals and seminars of song, instrumental play, theater and word.
- Collaboration of Masters: concentration of experience, sharing methodology
- Field expeditions ( recording and preserving the remnants of traditional culture – songs, instruments, stories, etc.; collaboration with folk masters; creating common art actions)
- Publishing and dissemination of the texts of researches connected with singing culture, creating the web-site, publishing own texts, devoted to Ukrainian and world musical culture.
- Production of performances, CDs, video and printing materials, organization of concerts, holidays, art actions.
* Maisternia pisni (Ukr.) - A workshop, atelier of song. |