ARTIST TALK & WORKSHOP
How to unlock the hidden self-healing powers from within, how to be centered and how to find stillness in movement?
In March 2025, Jatun Risba was invited to deliver an artist talk and workshop at the Department of Intermedia and Digital Media, Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica in Slovakia.
The talk, entitled The Medicinal Power of Art, presented Risba's artistic journey of exploring art as a transformative and medicinal force. Drawing on their experience of overcoming Multiple Sclerosis through somatic, artistic, and spiritual practices, Jatun conextualized the body’s innate intelligence, the neuroplastic power of altered states of consciousness and the potential of performance art as a tool for (self-)liberation and transpersonal healing. The presentation included reflections on selected artworks, performances and participatory projects created between 2009 and 2025, inviting the audience to experience art as a space of active listening, radical presence, and collective resilience.
The talk was followed by a 2-day somatic workshop Interesse: The embodiment of blissful emptiness that introduced participants to the practice of Interesse that includes authentic movement and vocal expressions in an exalted state of hyper-awareness. The application of breathing techniques, Tibetan yoga exercises and Grotowski's physical training offers a basic structure and support for the practice. Interesse promotes a deep state of relaxation where people are able to move from subconscious behaviours to conscious living, to be present in the moment and in the flow.
Through prolonged embodiments of trance (expanded awareness) states, achieved through Interesse practice, Jatun Risba managed to rewire their thinking body to the point of overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (2012-2019). Jatun has been a daily practitioner of (Tibetan) Yoga and Vajrayana Buddhism since 2019.