Close-ups and parts of bodies belonging to a group of ballet dancers: Lying prone and passive, the dancers' bodies are connected to electrodes that cause their muscles to jerk and contract. Usually, our movements are triggered by ...See moreClose-ups and parts of bodies belonging to a group of ballet dancers: Lying prone and passive, the dancers' bodies are connected to electrodes that cause their muscles to jerk and contract. Usually, our movements are triggered by electrical impulses inside our body. Here, that control has been allocated to external electronics instead. The dancers' bodies, usually responding actively to music with empathy and sensitivity, are reset and rebooted: they become vehicles for a dance performed by a computer interface. This work is full of circuits: the circuit of bodies, the circuit between music and body, and the circuit between the individual parts of the fragmented image. Electricity, music and bodies, sensitivity and control: all these aspects shift within the wider circuit of people, things, and technology. Written by
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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