RETRATO DE
MUJERES
PIONERAS
(Portrait of Pioneer Women)
Creative Documentary & Tour
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ISABEL BURR RATY
ISABEL BURR RATY
ISABEL BURR RATY
ISABEL BURR RATY
ISABEL BURR RATY
RETRATO DE
MUJERES
PIONERAS
(Portrait of Pioneer Women)
Creative Documentary & Tour
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PERFORMING
PERFORMING
ISABEL BURR RATY
ISABEL BURR RATY
ISABEL BURR RATY
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RESEARCH GROUPS
RESEARCH GROUPS
CURATING
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DRAMATURGY
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THE SPINE MAQUETTE
How one can become a collective Earthly body?
WHAT PRECEDED THE SPINE RESEARCH
Preliminary study for The Spine installation
& contemplating an alternative botanical practice
at Isabel's garden countryside BE
> VISUAL DOCUMENTATION (2024-2025)
Prototype of The Spine & activation
STATION > INVITATION
Herbal plant or tree associated to each station
9. HEXAGON > SEAL
8. CANYON > TRANSCEND
7. CATERPILLAR > METAMORPH
6. ROOT HOLES > GROUND
5. DOME > SHARE
4. SPIRAL > VIBRATE
3. D-MATS > DISCHARGE
2. WATER WELL > SUBMERGE
1. BAMBOO > OPEN
Common Hazel
Artemisia
Ground Elder
Common Mullein
Nettle
European Beech
Blackberry
Melisa
Bamboo
1. BAMBOO > OPEN
Bamboo
2. WATER WELL > SUBMERGE
Melisa
3. D-MATS > DISCHARGE
Blackberry
4. SPIRAL > VIBRATE
European Beech
5. DOME > SHARE
Nettle
6. ROOT HOLES > GROUND
Common Mulein
7. CATERPILLAR > METAMORPH
Ground Elder
8. CANYON > TRANSCEND
Artemisia
9. HEXAGON > SEAL
Common Hazel
Common Hazel
The Spine
Collective tinctures making exploration
Tinctures are part of the medicine kit of various folk, ancestral and indigenous cultures around the world. Tinctures hold the medicinal property of the plant in a liquid form, which is believed to help accompany, conduct, reveal, and heal emotional wounds or processes.
Tintures can be taken on a daily basis as herbal infusions dissolved in water.
The Spine tinctures propose to explore with the traditional way of making tinctures (alcohol maceration), but to queer it up a bit.
The idea is to manufacture the tinctures at the end of The Spine activation, to deepen on how one becomes a collective earthly body. ​By envisioning the healing properties of the plants associated to each station, also as carrier of the information that is imprinted in the land:
1. The history of the land
2. The participants' memories and the visions that were revealed and shared ​​
TINCTURES MANUFACTURING
The plants are harvested & put in alcohol maceration.
After a month, the healing liquid is strained and the tinctures bottled.
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HARVEST
HARVESTED HERBS ARE PROCESSED AND LEFT FOR MACERATION
ONE MONTH LATER THE HEALING WATERS ARE STRAINED AND TINCTURES BOTTLED
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Preliminary study for The Spine has been possible thanks to a multi-year research grant from the Flemish Community (2022-2023) and the support of Viernulvier Ghent and Nadine Brussels (2024-2025).
In collaboration with experts from various fields and research invitees.
Documentation photos by Rachel Zeba, Isabel Burr Raty & interns Nora Allegaert (Kask master student) & Lovely Ratz (University of Venice)