Here is a link to the assignment itself
My intention was basically to create a dialogue between engaging with abhinaya and thoughts around "the exotic" which come from my contemporary reality of encountering an exotifying gaze while presenting classical dance on the (diasporic) stage.
These are a few ideas I played with for a projection. During IGNITE, this was projected onto the back wall from a projector placed in the aisle. A stark black shadow was created by my body moving with the projection. However since I was dressed in white, the projected image- while disrupted by my body- was still visible (distorted) on my white costume.
Password: tell me babli
Tell Me Sister Projection Babli, November 2010 from Sandra Chatterjee on Vimeo.
Here are the two versions without the text that I worked with:
tell me sister babli intro 2 from Sandra Chatterjee on Vimeo.
password: tell me babli 2
Tell Me, Sister, Babli intro draft 1 from Sandra Chatterjee on Vimeo.
password: tell me babli 1
I like how this study brings in geographical context (the construction site) and the autobiographical (the exoticism theory). I miss how your original video without the theory so clearly references Europe (there was a building with towers towards the end of the clip). After choreographing to this video, I also wondered why you showed so much adjustment (changing position) rather than more dance-like movement.
ReplyDeleteCyn, I spaced the text in this particular way because of the time constraints for the show, rather than because I chose NOT to include the full video with the clear references to Europe. I wanted that in, but both was not possible in this context.
ReplyDeleteCould you elaborate on what you mean by adjustments?
Ah, that makes sense about editing to the time constraints for the show. As for adjustments, I'm thinking particularly of the beginning of the 2nd video section where you change your sitting position.
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