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==The growth of the project== | ==The growth of the project== | ||
The idea originated from questions after the reading of Haraway's book ''Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene'': How do we make kin with the earth-bounded? How can we make human acknowledge other forms of life. With my interests in mediated social relations that I explored in my previous works, I thus aimed to bring the viewer to looking at the micro-organism in a different way, to make them both work in symbiosis through an installation. | |||
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======''Sketches of the first global idea''====== | |||
My first challenge was to make sure that both organism would be on the same level, to avoid this human solipsistic supremacy. The idea of a dance as a social interaction was thus for me a good starting point, since dance breaks the language barrier, is an important part of every culture and demand a mutual respect from both parties and a constant attention to the partner in order to find a certain synchronism. | |||
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======''First schema of the installation''====== | |||
The second challenge was to find a way to track the movements of the participant in the dark. If the idea of an infrared camera worked for this point, the fact of having people dancing in a totally dark space was for me something not safe enough. The installation thus turned out to be one with a dimmed spot light on the participant that would ease the technical aspect of motion tracking, as well as making the space safer. | |||
The last challenge came after some experimentations, when I realized that I would have no control over the installation, and the algae could get exhausted pretty fast depending on the amount of people and their behaviour. Also, by making the viewer the performer, the installation was for me a little too playful. The idea of a live performer with a dancer came to my mind and was for me a better way of illustrating my first idea: a symbiotic performance between two organisms. | |||
==Inspirations and References== | ==Inspirations and References== | ||