THRESHOLDS: CHAOS TO CONTROL


FILM AND INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN IDEAS CAMPUS
los angeles, california 2023

PUBLISHED AND PRESENTED VIA ACADIA CONFERENCE 2023
DLR GROUP GRANT VIA MATTHEW CONWAY

PROJECTED LIGHT SHAPES EVOLVE ALONGSIDE A DANCER'S MOVEMENTS, GUIDED BY AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT ARM. AS THE DANCER TRAVERSES THIS SHIFTING LIGHT SPACE, HER EXPRESSIONS TOGGLE BETWEEN CHAOTIC AND CONTROLLED. ‘THRESHOLDS’ EXPLORES THE DELICATE INTERPLAY BETWEEN RESISTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF EXTERNAL FORCES. THE DIGITAL DUET SUGGESTS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY, MEDIA, AND ENVIRONMENT.

SUPPORTED BY DLR GROUP INDIVIDUAL GRANT VIA MATT CONWAY

CREATIVE DIRECTION & PROJECTION: ERIN CUEVAS
ARTISTIC DIRECTION & CHOREOGRAPHY: VICTORIA BROWN
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY: MATTHEW CONWAY
CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDIT: NATHAN KIM
DANCER: JESS WICKE
DRAMATURGY: ERIN CUEVAS
JANA MASSET COLLATZ
VICTORIA BROWN
COMPOSER: MAX SUECHTING
PRODUCERS: JANA MASSET COLLATZ, WAHEI LAM, ZACHARY MATTHEWS
ROBOT OPERATOR: SAMEEKSHA SAHANI
SUPPORTED BY: DLR GROUP UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN