January 8 @ Moviehouse : Below The Metal, Skin & Encounter

January 8 // 3rd Ward

7 pm Doors & Food // 8 pm Films

A remarkable installation and two stunning films that delve into movement and sound in a most haunting way.

Featuring:
Below the Metal, Skin by Ann Robideaux and Alexandra Shilling

In the belly of a machine (ship), a man and woman appear to have grown out of the mechanism, operating its parts in repetition and maneuvering through unwelcoming spaces.  The piece utilizes both site and movement to explore dualities: human and machine, skin and metal, task and pleasure, water and steel as all footage was shot aboard the Tender “Lilac”, a steamship docked on Manhattan’s Pier 40. Through sound and video, we transpose site into a blank space, allowing the audience to relocate to this re-imagined world.
below the metal, skin is a multi-channel installation with three screens and three sound sources, two ambient and one composed of sounds recorded on-location by Australia-based sound artist Camilla Maling.

Choreography: Ann Robideaux and Alexandra Shilling
Brought to Life by: Alberto Denis and Heather Inglis

Videography: Skye MacLeod and Ann Robideaux

Original Sound: Camilla Maling (AUS)

Editing: Alexandra Shilling

Costumes: Elizabeth Dran
Make-Up: Kathryn Shearing

Encounter
Encounter explores the curiosity, fear and mistrust that is so common when faced with something (or someone) unfamiliar, and the constant shift between resistance and acceptance, to finally arrive at a place of humbleness and mutual understanding. The video is in two parts, and originally screened as part of a commissioned piece for dance, video and string quartet in five sections to music by Magnar Am.