Synopsis

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.

Created by

ella hebendanz

Format

 transmedia performance installation

Software

TouchDesigner, Ableton Live, Arduino C++, Milumin, Syphon, After Effects, Premiere Pro

Media

metal structure, metal plates, wiper motors, micro controllers, generated visual narrative, generated soundscape, performance

Credits

Concept, creation, technology, performance by ella hebendanz

Sound design with Hilde Wollenstein

Electronics with Maarten Keus

AV Technology with Xiaoyao Ma

Filming assistance by Hilde Barwegen

Electronics assistance by Sorin Angelou

Dancing by Ines DeRu, Cami Chebez, pamela varela, Lara Santos

Voices by Astrée Duval, Ines DeRu, pamela varela, Marlot Meyer, Tim Schütze

Special thanks to KABK Metal Workshop, Astrée Duval, Ines DeRu, pamela varela, Tim Schütze, Michael Hebendanz

Presented at

2022, The New Current, Rotterdam, NL

2021, Sign Project Space, Groningen, NL

2021, Gogbot Festival, Enschede, NL

2021, KABK Graduation Show, NL

Video Links

Trailer of the project