JUMPING
In 1993 we visited the Duchamp exhibition in Venice. One of the black
& white movies shown there had a short sequence of a female dancer
jumping towards the observer. The shot was taken from underneath a glass
plate with the dancer jumping down on it from above. We found the sequence
so appealing because of its reversal of orientation and the irritation
concerning the nature of the object which is visible. It reminded us
of a blossoming flower, shot with a time-lapse camera. Our intention
was to create a whole video clip from variations of the observed situation
and thereby embrace the visitor with a pulsating imagery of quasi-abstract
movement. During a 3 weeks investigation on rhythmical patterns in the
domain of sound and image we composed a video sequence featuring steps
from different people at various pace and gestural expression. In this
way the steps being the main constituent of the piece helped us to explore
one bodily movement in detail: the approximation of a human foot to
the sensorium of the observer [i.e. the ear, the eye, but also the microphone,
the video camera]. |
