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Made on top of a chilly mountain in West Virginia, the performers in this video take on the behaviors and movements of avatars from Second Life while dealing with and reacting to the harsh realities of “First Life”: (i.e., snow, wind, rocks, and cliffs).

*Official selection for UMOVE Touring Festival.

Jody Sperling, USA, 2009

This Loie Fuller-inspired company, Time Lapse Dance, creates striking visuals using large pieces of flowing cloth incorporated with colorful lighting design. “Morning Mood” is a section of a larger work for the stage, “Forms of Dilemma.”

Peter William Holden, England, 2009

A chorus of oxford tap shoes dance with the aid of pneumatic valves triggered by a computer. As much an auditory work as it is a visual one, “SoleNoid” demonstrates Peter William Holden’s kinetic sculpture performing a choreographed routine.

Peter Wiliam Holden, England, 2009

This kinetic sculpture presumably alludes to Gene Kelly and his famous “Singing in the Rain” number.  A wall of umbrellas dance to unheard music, evoking a troupe of synchronized swimmers, transforming these everyday objects into lively animation.

Peter William Holden, England, 2008

A ballet of prosthetic arms and legs deployed by air pistons are accompanied by Strauss. Taking its inspiration from Frankenstein, “Arabesque” creates a mechanical flower: a simulacrum of nature.

Kyle Ruddick/Eyestorm Productions, USA, 2008

An experimental video shot entirely through a 360 degree panoramic lens to represent the nature of turntablism. It’s a spinning, sensory overload experience, which will keep you asking: how’d they do that?

*Official selection for UMOVE Touring Festival

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Hope Hall, USA, 1999

The filmmaker made this memoir about her mother ’s struggles with an eating disorder, by using family photos, interviews, projected video and underwater footage. Not so much kinetic as moving.

Tuixen Benet, Spain, 2009
Unabashedly low-tech, danced in a rehearsal studio, this is all one take. With high heels that could kill, these two zany cigarette girls clatter around in real time, and then in sped up footage. The message: GIVE US CIGARETTES – WE ARE PRETTY.

Jared Frank, USA, 2009

A video of excerpts from Palissimo’s psychosexual show, “Weddings & Beheadings”, Jared Frank boils the live performance down to a minute and a half.