Synopsis

Ĭichti@ is a transmedia live/cyber dance performance and installation, where the senses of the audience are exposed to an ecstatic, climatic, orgiastic encounter with our extended bodies. Addressing the objectification and oppression that society puts on the body, together, we use the power of dance to fight, liberate, and heal. Our movements are translated through a vaginal EMG muscle sensor, which activates the installation and affects lights and visuals within the environment. 

Created by

sWitches (pamela varela, Ines DeRu, ella hebendanz)

Format

 transmedia dance performance, cyber-performance, installation

Software

Arduino IDE + ESP-NOW, Arduino IoT Cloud, TouchDesigner, VPN Hamachi, OBS + vdo.ninja, Twitch

Media

dance performance, music, wearable electronics (EMG muscle reader, vaginal and skin electrodes, Arduino UNO and ESP32, Electrical Muscle Stimulation device), textiles, metal structure, mirrors, video projection, light design

Credits

Concept, creation, technology, performance by sWitches (pamela varela, Ines DeRu, ella hebendanz)

Concept, technology, performance with Marlot Meyer

Dance, performance, dramaturgy with Fazle Shairmahomed

Costume design with persophino

Technology with Lucien Nicou

Music “Vesnianka” by mala herba (zosia holubowska)

Visuals by ella hebendanz and Adam Centko

Special thanks to georgina pantazopoulou, Tim Schütze, Maarten Keus, Lars Dorren, Morgan Catalina, Ine Gevers and the CA team

Presented at

2024, Mesh Festival Conference, Basel, CH (presentation)

2022, “COME ALIVE” Muntgebouw, Utrecht, NL

Video Links

Trailer of the project