compositions of unbroken flows
audio-visual performance with motorised turning wheels
2021
With my work "compositions of unbroken flows," I am inviting the audience to an audio-visual journey through a landscape of thoughts on materiality and fluidity. Exploring the beautifully chaotic discourse on corporeal entanglement, I am questioning the borders and boundaries of the individual body.
Inspired by the craft of pottery and clay’s symbolism of matter, I use mechanised turning wheels to compose a swirling dreamscape that contextualises my research. Playing with the synchronicity of sound, image, and movement, as well as that of human and machine, I weave my own narrative into the discourse of bodily entanglement.
Together we morph, move, spin, spiral, swirl,
and dance.
Media:
metal structure and metal plates, wiper motors, motor controller, generated visual narrative, generated soundscape, performance
Software:
Arduino, Touchdesigner, Milumin, Ableton Live, After Effects
Collaborators:
sound art: Hilde Wollenstein
electronic hardware: Maarten Keus
visual programming + projection mapping: Xiaoyao Ma
engineering assistance: Sorin Angeleanu
filming assistance: Hilde Barwegen
entangled dancers: Ines DeRu, Cami Chebez, pamela varela, Lara Santos
dialogue voice credits: Robinou, Ines DeRu, pamela varela, Marlot Meyer, Maarten Keus, Tim Schütze
special Thanks: robinou, Sorin Angeleanu, KABK metal workshop
documentation by: Melle de Groot, Sorin Angeleanu and Robinou
"compositions of unbroken flows" is my
bachelor graduation project from the department Interactive / Media / Design.
It was exhibited during the Graduation Show 2021 at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
This work is part of the trilogy
ặnim@
a collaborative project by our cyberfeminist collective sWitches (Ines DeRu, pamela varela, Ella Hebendanz).
We use technology as our magickal tools, spells, and ingredients to create a new realm for feminism, collectiveness, and empowerment.
