Activators 9: To immortality and out the other side
Dance is potent. It circulates within us like blood, and seeps out of us like sweat. Enigmatic in character, Dance nests within many bodies in order to define its shape. Although volatile and untouchable, Dance is always poised at the ready, waiting to be observed.
To immortality and out the other side is a sculptural work that celebrates Dance as an essential material for the creation of its own archive. With the aid of motion capture technology, the dancing body and its logic has passed into the digital realm in order to birth a new, physicalised skeletal body – its own archival relic, a fossilised dance…
However, housed within Gallium (a natural metal with a melting point at 29.76°C), this Dance remains volatile and untouchable, just like its creator.
Artists: Lilian Steiner & Patrick Hamilton
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Activators 9: To immortality and out the other side was commissioned as part of Chunky Move’s Activators program.
Activators is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, and Creative Partnerships Australia.
Created by: Lilian Steiner and Patrick Hamilton
Technical Team: Blair Hart and Siobhain Geaney
Presented 11-13 August, 2022