Domestic rituals / collective authorship / social practice / performance art
The rituals collected here were devised and written by participants in ArtHouses Home Actions in Whitley Bay in the North East of England.
These acts — involving gestures, words, or objects, performed according to a set sequence — were developed in workshops where we considered the rituals that are part of our daily lives and how they help us make meaning. In different ways, they explore how the home can become a site for rites of passage, dedications, oaths of allegiance or actions that neutralise anxiety.
