Posts Tagged ‘UMOVE Festival’

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.

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.

Zachary Whittenburg, USA, 2009

This video utilizes Apple iMovie and the .3gp codec to create a once-removed documentation of a single-shot dance improvisation by Zachary Whittenburg.