We Grow in Circles: Orly Anan with lov.foundation × Feeria During Frieze London
Through symbolic costumes, fans, movement and sound a performance as a vessel for transformation and expansion
Under the October moon during Frieze London week We Grow in Circles unfolded like a vision. Conceived by Colombian-Israeli artist Orly Anan and presented by lov.foundation in collaboration with Feeria, the performance gathered guests within two resonant spaces—the legendary Roof Gardens in Kensington and the contemplative interior of Secteur Privé in Marylebone.
Anan’s work exists between worlds, where myth becomes movement and ritual becomes art. In We Grow in Circles, each gesture, costume and sound acts as a vessel for transformation. The performers—figures of light, fabric and rhythm—moved in slow orbit around a symbolic core, inviting the audience into a shared trance of remembrance and renewal.
At the heart of the piece stood six living symbols, each one a thread from the philosophical tapestry of lov.foundation, a nonprofit cultural agent devoted to reimagining peaceful coexistence through the unifying power of art, culture and storytelling:
Pearl whispered of resilience and radiance—light born from discomfort, beauty shaped from the wound
Lunar White cast its quiet glow, guiding with intuition and the reflective wisdom of stillness
Spiral traced consciousness in motion, a path that curves ever inward, then outward again
Turquoise shimmered like breath between sea and sky, embodying peace, balance and planetary awareness
Ladder rose between worlds, reminding us that ascent is connection, not escape
Tree of Life rooted the performance in renewal, a living intention to the interwoven breath of all beings
Around these archetypes the energy of Feeria flowed—a platform devoted to fan culture and ecstatic expression where art becomes devotion and beauty becomes movement. For this occasion, Feeria produced a limited-edition series of hand-held fans adorned with artwork inspired by Anan’s performance. More than objects, they were mementos of the evening, tangible echoes of breath and rhythm, each carrying the pulse of the performance into the hands of its witnesses.
“At lov.foundation, we speak not only to emotions but to the unconscious mind, using the language of dreams, poetry and ancient symbols,” says lov.foundation founder Alexandra Seaman. “Our partnership with Feeria is a natural extension of this mission. The historical language of fans—where movement and symbol replace speech—became an anchor for the audience, a way to return to the emotional state awakened during the performance.”
Earlier that week The Roof Gardens hosted The Power of Cultural Agents in Shifting Narratives, a conversation between Anan, lov.foundation’s Seaman and Feeria founder Nataliya Kotlyarova, moderated by curator Afrodet Zuri. Together, they reflected on how art, when freed from ego, can transform the unseen into a collective experience, shaping new mythologies of connection and coexistence.
In both performance and dialogue, We Grow in Circles is a meditation on the invisible forces that bind us: the breath shared between artist and audience, the cyclical rhythm of transformation and the beauty that emerges when creation becomes communion.
“Our collaboration with lov.foundation grew from a shared belief that art can transform the unseen into the tangible,” said Nataliya Kotlyarova. “Both Feeria and lov.foundation celebrate creation as a form of connection, where art becomes a language of consciousness. The fan felt like the perfect vessel for that dialogue, a tool that anchors energy, intention and symbol into something we can hold and share.”
Between moonlight and memory, between movement and stillness, lov.foundation and Feeria offered a reminder that art in its most essential form is a circle that keeps expanding—quietly, forever.
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