(Arts Research Africa, 2022-09-16) Ngwenya, Smangaliso
This paper explores the artistic creation and embodied practiceled
research in the context of creating an ensemble screendance
titled “Fragmented Scribbles.” The work explores the embodied
scribbles of knowledge that exist within conversations among
intellectual, emotional, physical, social, aesthetic, creative, and
spiritual realms. The research prioritizes the whole being as a site
of artistic exploration, using Passing Through as a pedagogical
method. The ecological perception and ecosomatic paradigm
are employed to cultivate mindfulness, perceive relationships,
develop conceptual flexibility, re-perceive depth, and
intentionally use the imagination. The study also examines the
unique narratives and associations between internal and physical
ecologies of the performers and their sites of performance.