The Meditation Circus, an immersive and meditative experience by means of simple technology. 

You find yourself in a white, cathedral-like space that is sustained by air. Barely noticeable, the space becomes smaller, and objects come closer and land on your body. What follows is a tender touch. Not by human being, but still. As the space re-inflates and the objects retreat to their starting positions, what remains is a feeling of being held, lifted up and having entered the present moment and your body. 

The Meditation Circus arose from a personal desire to stretch time and reconnect with the body. Touch, isolation, skin hunger, security and being in touch with yourself are part of the global conversation due to Covid-19. Everyone has experienced first-hand what a lack of human touch and contact can do to you, and how the technology we depend upon seems to take us further away from our bodies. Vonk experiments with technology that can play a helping role in returning to the present moment. 

The spectacle performed by this circus happens on the inside, re-establishing a connection with your body by offering subtle sensory stimuli that create an experience that is simultaneously clinical, sensitive, kinky and meditative. Teun Vonk explores the non-human touch by means of technology. The Meditation Circus invites you to observe time, rhythms, your own breathing, the weight of your body, and to let go of control.

With The Meditation Circus, Vonk aims to create a meditative experience for a broad audience. Every body, irrespective of knowledge of art or meditation, can experience this work in an equal manner. Every body carries the subject matter within. From a state of relaxation, Vonk wants to initiate a dialogue between people about their physical sensations.

Supported by Mondriaan Fund & CBK Rotterdam (Centre for Visual Arts Rotterdam)