Ghulur sees “SILO” as a space to explore the body within the constraints of physical space. “SILO” as a choreography and ritual is an endeavour to reach the emotional and spiritual peak with a limited physical position where one is grounded to the earth.
Instead of considering limitations as a constraint, it can actually be seen as guidelines for achieving freedom. This method of limitation is a space for body construction that Hari Ghurur works on to explore new possibilities of repetitive motion, so that organic and expressive motion emerges.
The work “SILO” explores the Islamic custom of tahlil (the act of repeatedly reciting the sentence “la ilaha illa Allah”, which means “there is no other god worthy of worshiping, other than Allah” as a prayer ritual), in this context seen as the central motoric movement around the torso. The work is a vertical dialogue method between him and the Holy One through repetitive and personal movements.
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