Welcome to ADHISTA /  The Sun is God only at the moment of its rising.  I dance with the sun.  These moments really happened. This is only the beginning.     

There is an ancient African belief and ritual, inspired by the Sun worship that travelled down the River Nile.  It is the belief that the sun is God only at the moment of its rising.  What lights up the world anyway?  Isn't it Us?  

Film, music and sound are my foundation, dance and choreography a turning point in my practice. All of these are handheld with no digital effects. Just me, my camera, a unique process I developed and the natural world around me. I believe nothing is more trustworthy than nature.  

I developed this ongoing series at a dance/film residency in Sweden 2020 and it continues wherever I am. Shooting these lights me up. This is an adoration, my ADHISTA findings.

The Sei

ADHISTA / Sunrising

The rays of light reflecting on the water remind us of a contemplative and meditative state where we are nothing and nowhere at once, simply a fragment of this earth and a speck in this universe for a glimpse of time.


It speaks to the essence of existence: ephemeral, fleeting, and fragile.

The Sei is a multidisciplinary artist working through film, music/sound and dance between Ireland and Sweden.

This work is part of an ongoing series started for a dance/film residency in Sweden in 2020 and continuing wherever the artist happens to be.

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Xibalba Death

Ai Origin Moon

Essence of the Dying Star

Sky Vessel

/ REFRESH /

This selection explores the fascination that many of us have for concepts such as infinity and space. Questioning what this uncharted, boundless field represents in terms of scientific discovery but also in the common imagination: is there life in another universe, another galaxy? Could there be another Earth (to save us from our dystopian Anthropocene)? Would this be an option?


Even though more than 80% of the ocean is unmapped, the human species cannot help but invest in space exploration, trying to find the unknown or the most urgent option instead of saving what we already have. This is an illogical paradox that characterizes political and mainly economic endeavors of our 21st century: imperialistic minds in power investing in useless space races, developing dysfunctional exploding rockets instead of researching natural resources that we could still (maybe) save. On the positive side, space exploration has led to the invention of GPS, solar cells, and ultraviolet filters.


Cinema has fed my fascination for this unlimited and intangible place, from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, Space is The Place to Moon, the Extant series, and many more! A common element is that the disrupting factor in the supposedly smooth running of a mission comes from the extraordinary, from outer space; it triggers dramatic outcomes. Maybe we could pinpoint it as the encounter between human and space that generates powerful consequences from outer to inner spaces, mainly due to human thirst for power.

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ADHISTA / Sunrising

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