AFTERTASTE
performance, 50 min, 2015
BLOT - Body Line of Thought
performance, 42 min, 2022
description
Aftertaste is a science fiction performance and video installation in which the body becomes unformed, unorganized, disjointed—composed of infinite particles of information, creating an impression of a constant return. It may be seen as a map of madness, a performance with no beginning and no end, where the body constantly returns to zero—and beyond. Information travels at multiple speeds, forward and backward, through the bodies and the sound machines. To truly see the world, we may first need to stop it.
CONCEPT
Two dancers are asked to fully depersonalize, working with dissociation of meaning to create an alternate reality governed by random rules. A third performer creates a different virtual space using a video camera, a wireless transmitter, and a projection surface. The soundtrack is generated live using sound machines as looping and sampling stations.
CREDITS
choreography Simona Deaconescu
dramaturgical support Kroot Juurak
video installation & light design Carmen Tofeni
sound composition Denis Bolborea
dancers Simona Dabija, Diana Spiridon / Corina Mitrovici
co-producers Tangaj Dance Collective, 4Culture & WASP – Working Art Space and Production
Aftertaste is part of the cultural project “Room 0004_Lines of Flight”, co-financed by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund and The Cultural Center of Bucharest Municipality. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project, nor the manner in which the results of the project can be used. All these are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the grant.