Alkistis Dimech
I am an artist, dancer-choreographer and writer exploring the mysteries of the carnal body and its subtle anatomy through an archaeology and poietics of flesh. My art and praxis is grounded in ankoku butô (dark dance), which I have practised since 2002.
I have performed, given workshops and spoken on my practice at events, conferences and research seminars in the UK, Europe and the United States.
With Peter Grey, I am the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, channelling my creative energies into book design and typography.
Publications
Devoted comprises fifteen essays by fourteen writers on their devotional practice.
Our civilisation is in crisis. As we confront ecological collapse, political control, wars of terror, and wars on our consciousness we are seeking emergence from this state of emergency. XVI proposes gnostic strategy for liberation.
The Brazen Vessel documents the creative, magical union of Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey from 2008 to 2018. It comprises selected texts, essays and presentations, including many previously unpublished works, essays which have fallen out of print and texts that were only published online.
Periodicals
Maori shamanism within therapy, Animistic art, Dance as ritual, Androgynous aspects in Austin Osman Spare’s art, Salvador Dali’s meeting with Jacques Lacan, Rebis: the Double Being, David Bowie’s Non-Human Effect, similarities between ritual magic and psychoanalysis, and much more.