From outsider to participant
Our task was not only to see these poles as beautiful artworks, but to bring the accompanying ritual and ceremony to life.
The bisj poles were planted like a forest on a raised platform in the middle of the space, with a backcloth around them stretching several metres high on which we could project film clips of the bisj ceremony. These film clips, the authentic sound recordings and the light show of colour and shadow, day and night, bring the bisj poles to life and draw you into the bijs ceremony. You are transformed from outside to participant and you experience the intensity of this magic ritual.
