Short video essay of the ecosomatic exploration conducted by Raffaele Rufo in Autumn 2021 in an urban park in the periphery of Milan.

When you sit, lie, or stand on a branch, your movement depends on the presence of the tree. You can feel how the tree is demanding something of you. The tree demands your sensitivity to its structure and to its shapes. It demands your responsiveness to its breath and to its touch. It demands that you listen to its height and width, to its softness and firmness, to its individuality and its participation in the larger ecosystem. The more you accept these demands, the more you can have an intimate sense of your body and of your movement as part of something larger than your individual self.

Check webpage for more infos on this ecosomatic research project: https://www.raffaelerufo.com/ecosomatics/danced-by-the-tree