​Honi Ryan

Along the Well is a participatory walking perforrmance that I created at the Woodford Academy Museum, the oldest surviving building in The Blue Mountains, Australia on March 21st 2015. In single file, we followed the natural water source, out the back to the line along the rock, around the unmarked graveyard, along the dried up creek, past the second spring, and back again in a circle. It was a day of ritual with 50 or so of us acknowledging together the presence of water on

Curated by Sarah Breen Lovett, ‘Palimpsest Performances’ is a series that explores contemporary art performance, as a way of simultaneously drawing forth the past and layering present interpretations of the unique architecture and grounds of the Woodford Academy. Palimpsest Performance #2 by contemporary artists Ben Denham and Honi Ryan are two separate but intertwined performances, both explore the land and its resources as communication device. Through an examination of wa

Tomorrow I go into a ten day meditation. No talking and no technology. At least ten hours a day sitting still. I can't wait. For me, this is true studio time! I have heard it said that you can spend hours and hours making and remaking something until it is the way you want it, or you can spend hours and hours thinking about something until you know just how you want it to be. Many ideas of mine emerge from my mind completely formed, considered and polished. Meditations such a