SereniTEA@ MONA FOMA Feb 2023

SereniTEA was performed as a part of Morning Meditation program in Mona Foma 2023/

SereniTEA
@Mona Foma , Feb 2023
At Fairy Dell, Cataract Gorge, Launceston 

The PopUp Tearoom Series offers various experiences through the ritual of tea ceremonies, installations and performance. Audience are invited to sit and have a bowl of matcha tea(sereniTEA) and pop-up performances will be happening during the rituals/ 

The inspiration came from the traditional Japanese tea-ceremony room, which has a small door under which people have to bow to enter and exit. This symbolises the fact that all people are born from, and return to, the same place. The samurai of the medieval period had to leave their sword behind to participate in the ceremony, stripping back the experience to the bare essence of being and soul. As long ago as the 16th century, tearooms were created in war zones, with the tea ceremony functioning to relieve emotional stress and restore social order. The deep sense of presence and silence afforded by the Tearoom offers participants time to pause and reflect amongst our busy life of daily rituals.

PopUp Tearoom Series have been experimented in Australia, Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, Philippines and Hong Kong.