Voice of Release 2021

26 - 27 June, 2021

Contact:  info@krila.org

The act of giving voice to one's pain is a transformative process and something that we collectively lack in our contemporary structures. Vocal lament has been found present in every traditional culture on the planet, and has served as a platform for community support and healing for millennia. We can also witness vocal lament in the animal kingdom in touching observations of a kind of grief song at the passing of a member of the group. Part of our unique human experience is that we are able to give shape and substance to our feelings through art; transmuting our inner experiences of pain, grief and mourning into something that can be shared, witnessed, supported and released. It is a natural process. Through shared and held space, witness and support of community and the powerful act of vocalising, our grief can become a thing…