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PERTH SCREEN DANCE
The first open call and juried exhibition of single-channel screen dance by UK and international artists, film-makers and choreographers as part of the second annual Perth Dance Festival and Stage – the latest quarterly exhibition of contemporary art at Threshold artspace Selected by Simon Fildes, Gitta Wigro, Iliyana Nedkova, Wyn Pottratz, Peter Royston and Andy Wood
10 May 2016 1. The Touch Diaries Lisa May Thomas (UK) 14:45
Can we feel ‘connected’ when we are alone and isolated? How do our bodies retain the memory of touch? How do we touch the spaces and places we inhabit? These were some of questions that sparkled this new research into diary studies, its movement language and storytelling. 2. End of the Block Kyle Stevenson (UK) 5:29 featuring choreography by Omari ‘Motion’ Carter This is a film that combines live dance with stickman animation to create a very compelling piece that illustrates the harsh realities of trying to go beyond your postcode.
3. Cardboard Season Clare Schweitzer (UK) 5:29
A meditation on destructive progress and progressive destruction...with piñatas.
4. Above the Light Heike Salzer and Jack Laidlaw (UK) 5:39
This music video is a movement exploration on a rooftop against the backdrop of sun set and city lights. 5. Maze Eve McConnachie (UK) 6:03 featuring choreography by Sophie Laplane Two young people discover each other as they explore a labyrinthine derelict Glasgow swimming pool. A high-energy contemporary dance piece. Featuring music by British-born, Boston-based electro musician John Xela.
6. Basics Monika Smekot (UK) 5:34
A work that slowly zooms in at a story of three people (perhaps connected). The blurry shapes become sharpen and the chaotic passing through the screen lead to a unison. Scattered thoughts and fragments of a conversation meet in one final sentence…
7. Thread Christine Devaney (UK) 7:23
A man enters a dark room disturbing a fragile memory waiting within. Threads of narrative entwine in this mysterious film, enriched by a haunting score from David Paul Jones. Dreams of spun gold and idolatry. A desire to be whole and held.The past as embers or is it snow?
8. Dancing City Ailsa-Mary Gold and Dougie Irvine (UK) 5:23
A Culture 2014 project nspired by the perpetual motion of the City and those in it. Featuring over 200 Glasgow citizens from window cleaners to cyclists to parents with buggies who worked with a team of artists to explore individual and collective journeys; creating the possibility for all of us to view seemingly ordinary things in new ways.
“It is somewhat of a cliche to describe the selection process in film festivals as incredibly difficult but within the screen dance world it is exacerbated by the diversity of approaches and cultural voices leading to the feeling that one is trying to compare a banana with an orange. It’s often a matter of taste pitched against years of experience of watching work. So it was with the first Perth Screen Dance awards. 116 entries from dozens of countries exploring experimental film making, narrative dance theatre, high quality animation, modern choreography and classic ballet, high budget to no budget, the task was always going to be tough and the selection process often fell back on gut feelings, physical and visceral responses, and just plain wonderment. Of course, the films were scored on a range of criteria but this sometimes didn’t express the pull of a work that was irresistibly attractive in its directorial voice. Something that lingered in the mind and made you want to go back to it. In the end when the last few choices had to be made the short list programme here was selected on the possibility that a diverse range of voices would be represented from across the world and that we shouldn’t always latch on to a gratuitous high production look but allow something that you wouldn’t normally experience to insert itself gently into your world and make you feel different.” Simon Fildes
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