We move where they once moved in a weaving of two scales of time: the architectural – slow and durable, and the bodily – fluid and mercurial. The films revisit journeys of those who came before us through capture of contemporary bodies dancing in historic topography. These are architectural sites with hierarchies writ large within the design.
Kaleidoscope dance felicity series#
Four of the five film series are made on three Tasmanian World Heritage Convict sites – all are sites for extraction of materials – wood, coal and, arguably, babies (population for the new colony). For this acts of dominance were required, acts sustained by institutionalised power differentials and hierarchies. Much of colonialisation in Australia, at its core, was about and for the extraction of resources. Via these works, we invite viewers to engage somatically and imaginatively with moving and still images of humans dancing within ruins of the machinery of colonisation. Our offerings to the Biennale Architettura 2023 are the Site Geist I and Site Geist II tactics.
We work with many other exceptional and interdisciplinary artists. Our lead creatives are Paul Wakelam Architect and Felicity Bott of Great Southern Dance. We are creative collaborators who launch our architecture and dance from within DEEPROOM, a processed-based 30-year active ‘archive’ formerly based in Perth, Western Australia and now based in Hobart, Tasmania.
Kutalayna Hunting Ground Jordan River | nipaluna Hobart | premaydena Port Arthur & Sloping Main “KEEP LISTENING UNTIL YOU FIND THE BEAUTY”
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