Jaye Hayes

'What if, like queerness, we began to preface disability as....
an intensely generative methodology…
an exchange embodied in the very crevices of breakage…?'
Jaye Hayes
slow-motion somanaut.
dancer. writer. educator. facilitator. mentor. curator.

somatic movement. embodied ecology.
crip choreography. contemplative arts.
deep listening. deep rest.
installation. collaboration. investigation.
sound art. science-fiction. sleep.
Artist Statement
Jaye Hayes [they/she] is a dance/media/installation artist, somatic movement educator and therapeutic arts facilitator living/working/playing at the intersection of dance and disability, somatics and ecology.
Jaye cultivates an embodied, immersive and interactive approach to their arts practice and aims to generate resonant fields of experience that are personally and culturally transformative.
Queer(y)ing the poetics of somatic movement, embodying politics in process, practicing radical kindness, listening to and with their ‘radiobody’ and conjuring post-ableist, sci-fi futures are ongoing themes of their practice/research.
'the embrace of failure can become an act of bravery,
of daring to go beyond normal practices and entering a realm of not-knowing...'
EVOLUTION

Emerging
(queer as)
As an emerging artist, Jaye produced queer performance art, site-specific work, and dance/media installation. She presented her work nationally & internationally. Highlights included residencies at the Banff Centre (Canada) and Bootlab (Berlin) and commissions for ACMI (Melbourne) and PICA (Perth).
Becoming
(a radiobody)
During this period of experimentation & exploration, Jaye engaged in a queer(y)ing of form & process that evolved into an ongoing investigation of the body as radio.
Evolving
(into a slow-motion somanaut)
Following the onset of chronic illness, Jaye shifted the focus of her dance practice to movement research, and spent a decade developing a sustainable, somatic movement practice based on Body-Mind Centering®.
Re-emerging
(within new ecologies)
As a re-emerging artist, Jaye has investigated the poetics & politics of a somatic approach to queer-crip arts practice as part of an Honours reseach project in Dance (Deakin University), has completed Masters Therapeutic Arts Practice (MIECAT) and is currenty developing their practice as a mentor/facilitator/curator.
‘The sensing body is an active and open form,
continually improvising its relation to things and to the world.’
SLOW LIFE

still moving
quietly
in sensuous spirals
between long aestivations
I awaken
antennae extended
a slow motion somanaut
a curious mollusc
seeking wave-forms
leaving lines of silver on the earth
'Failure can be joyous. It need not be a site of pain or sorrow.
We can fail passionately, fail with commitment, excitement, daring, foolishness.
Failure can be the most exhilarating freedom.'
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Jaye Hayes
slow-motion somanaut

'What if, like queerness, we began to preface disability as....
an intensely generative methodology…
an exchange embodied in the very crevices of breakage…?'

Artist Statement

'the embrace of failure can become an act of bravery,
of daring to go beyond normal practices and entering a realm of not-knowing...'

EVOLUTION

Emerging

(queer as)

Becoming

(a radiobody)

Evolving

(into a slow-motion somanaut)

Re-emerging

(within new ecologies)

‘The sensing body is an active and open form,
continually improvising its relation to things and to the world.’

SLOW LIFE

still moving
quietly
in sensuous spirals
between long aestivations
I awaken
antennae extended
a slow motion somanaut
a curious mollusc
seeking wave-forms
leaving lines of silver on the earth

'Failure can be joyous. It need not be a site of pain or sorrow.
We can fail passionately, fail with commitment, excitement, daring, foolishness.
Failure can be the most exhilarating freedom.'

CONTACT

Email is the new snail mail.

Jaye Hayesslow-motion somanaut

'What if, like queerness, we began to preface disability as....an intensely generative methodology… an exchange embodied in the very crevices of breakage…?'

Jaye Hayes

Artist Statement

'the embrace of failure can become an act of bravery, of daring to go beyond normal practices and entering a realm of not-knowing...'

EVOLUTION

Emerging

(queer as)

Becoming

(a radiobody)

Evolving

(into a slow-motion somanaut)

Re-emerging

(within new ecologies)

‘The sensing body is an active and open form, continually improvising its relation to things and to the world.’

SLOW LIFE

still movingquietlyin sensuous spiralsbetween long aestivationsI awakenantennae extendeda slow motion somanauta curious molluscseeking wave-formsleaving lines of silver on the earth

'Failure can be joyous. It need not be a site of pain or sorrow. We can fail passionately, fail with commitment, excitement, daring, foolishness. Failure can be the most exhilarating freedom.'

CONTACT

Email is the new snail mail.

Jaye Hayes
slow-motion somanaut

'What if, like queerness, we began to preface disability as....
an intensely generative methodology…
an exchange embodied in the very crevices of breakage…?'

'the embrace of failure can become an act of bravery,
of daring to go beyond normal practices and entering a realm of not-knowing...'

‘The sensing body is an active and open form,
continually improvising its relation to things and to the world.’

still moving
quietly
in sensuous spirals
between long aestivations
I awaken
antennae extended
a slow motion somanaut
a curious mollusc
seeking wave-forms
leaving lines of silver on the earth

'Failure can be joyous. It need not be a site of pain or sorrow.
We can fail passionately, fail with commitment, excitement, daring, foolishness.
Failure can be the most exhilarating freedom.'