RITUAL AS ART AS LIFE
ABOUT
Anatolia HK is a visual and performance artist, writer, craft practitioner, speaker, facilitator creating at the intersection between ritual, nature activism and art.
Born to migrant Pontian Greek parents, raised on the Wurundjeri land of Melbourne, Australia and now based in regional France, Anatolia's relationship to the various lands we walk on and the land of the body we walk with, informs her work.
At the heart of her art is a fascination and honouring of how the trance states of ritual magic, in relationship with natural forces can inform the creative process, transforming human relationship to life itself.
Underscored by a belief that the blooming of modernity must be rooted in land-listening for our species and ecosystems to survive, her research through ritual and art explores how different land and water scapes, with the memories and beings of 'place' speak to those who will listen.
Anatolia has developed her ritual practice for 20 years, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Asian Studies (The University of Melbourne) and a Master of Communications and Project Management (RMIT University).
In her mid to late 20s, working as a Senior Communications Advisor in the Department of Education in Melbourne she realised the distinct disconnect between education systems and political landscapes with the earth we live within and the spiritual health of humans.
At 28, after leaving her government career, her true apprenticeship with land care and the human body-as-land began through her purchase and stewardship of a 40 acre organic olive grove and vineyard in the Heathcote wine region of Victoria, Australia. Find out more at: 'The Human Forest Project'.
'The 3 Faced One' is an ongoing project that has taken her from Australia to the UK, France and Greece creating sculptures and immersive clay and meditative experiences with her fierce knowing that the relationship between the 'head, heart and gut' is paramount to balanced humans, societies and cosmic ecosystems.
In addition to her creative work, participating in various eclectic artist residencies, courses and trainings like the Ecole Philippe Gaulier clown school in France, Australia, Italy and the UK have sculpted her into a multi-faceted, life long contributor of the ritual-art-activism movement.
