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JNK in 6 panels
Presented by Centre for Projection Art
“JNK in 6 panels”, was developed out of an artist residency with the Centre for Projection Art in 2020. The work takes inspiration from the academic writings of Anne McDonald and Andre Lepecki who wrote that dance embodies the experience of mourning through its ephemeral nature. In this sense, the design of this work represents a capture of the dance that has passed. The creation of the work additionally stresses an intention for hyperlocality. This particular work features a local Melbourne dancer who was filmed in and designed for the specific dimensions of Collingwood Yards. Other iterations of this work follow similar intentions hyperlocality by emphasising the importance of using local dancers. These have included collaborations with local street dancers of Boston, Cincinnati, New York, Brooklyn, Warclaw, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney, Tasmania and Hong Kong.
These experiments in film will also satellite showcase at Bunjil Place and Metro Arts in Meajin (Brisbane).
Credits
Artist: Wendy Yu
Dancer: Joe Newton Keogh
Image credits: “Acts Of Holding Dance” (2020 and 2022), Wendy Yu. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Wendy Yu is an interdisciplinary artist who works at the intersections of dance and urban media art. With particular consideration of elevating local street dancer’s through computer systems, she designs and builds large-scale immersive experiences for public spaces to broadcast dance to a wider and more diverse audience. Yu holds experience as a choreographer and dancer as well as an experience designer for web applications and motion design.
Partners
“Body-Cites” is generously supported by Creative Victoria.