PREMIERED AT TEMESCAL ART CENTER, OAKLAND, CA (2017)
MOVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE:
Amy Lewis and Agnes Szelag
SOUND:
Agnes Szelag
VIDEO DESIGN:
Agnes Szelag and Omri Glaser
COSTUMES:
Agnes Szelag
ABOUT
ANIMA was a multi-media performance piece, created by Amy Lewis and Agnes Szelag, based on theories in David Abram’s 1996 book The Spell of the Sensuous. Key themes discussed by Abram was explored: the transformation of sensory awareness due to our immersion with technology, animism, and our symbol-induced alienation from nature. Lewis and Szelag interweaved dance, video, and sound to create an alternate reality where we are entangled with our environment and embedded in the sensory experience of it. By projecting this new reality, where seemingly disparate ideas and dimensions suddenly coexist, we aimed to heighten senses by altering perceptions of time and space.
REFERENCE
Abram, David. The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than Human World. New York: Pantheon Books, 1996.
