Elastic Bonding, part 1 / Multiplié dancefestival – Project Space LKV / Trondheim (NO) / 2019
This vertical version of Elastic Bonding was made site specifically for the Project Space at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder in Trondheim. It was shown as part of Multiplié dance festival, an annual festival of contemporary dance in Norway. The project was a collaboration between Babel visningsrom and DansiT.
Three frames corresponding to the size of the windows were mounted in the ceiling. Textile structures made of neoprene and stretch lamé were attached to the frameworks creating vertical cones to which three bodies were connected on the ground. Silicone tubing filled with water and titanium dioxide literally connects the bodies on the ground with the frameworks in the ceiling. The tubes and the liquid moves as the bodies change their positions. Gravity, elasticity and deep breathing are used as initiators of movement.
Performance duration: 1 hour
Performed by: Marie Rechsteiner, Karoline Bergh Ellingsen and Gunhild Løhre.
Material: Stretch lamé, neoprene, silicone tubing, water, titanium dioxide, construction wood
Size: Frameworks i ceiling: 158 * 243 cm. Frameworks ground: 130 * 230 cm. Elastic tubes: 4,5 m. Installation area: 6 * 15 m.
The project is supported by Arts Council Norway, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Trondheim kommune and Trøndelag fylkeskommune. Co-production: DansiT
Photos: Susann Jamtøy
