Projects > Satellite Ballet (for Loïe Fuller), 2009
"Satellite Ballet (for Loïe Fuller)," 2009. 14 iTouch, black room
Through a dizzying array of images - hand-tinted Edison film stills, Fuller’s costume patent, Euclidean diagrams, high-energy particle collisions and accelerator tunnel – a short film of flickering stills is played on 14 iTouch screens. Nijinsky’s ballet "L’après-midi d’un faune" is used as a structural device for the choreographic placement of the tiny screens on the wall, each side of the cell-like room staging a scene from the Nijinsky's score. "Satellite Ballet" explores the complex history of dance notation through the artist's onging interest in human movement and transcription/translation processes.
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Through a dizzying array of images - hand-tinted Edison film stills, Fuller’s costume patent, Euclidean diagrams, high-energy particle collisions and accelerator tunnel – a short film of flickering stills is played on 14 iTouch screens. Nijinsky’s ballet "L’après-midi d’un faune" is used as a structural device for the choreographic placement of the tiny screens on the wall, each side of the cell-like room staging a scene from the Nijinsky's score. "Satellite Ballet" explores the complex history of dance notation through the artist's onging interest in human movement and transcription/translation processes.
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