iuliana varodi p o e t r y p h o t o g r a p h y a r t p r o j e c t s
| Not Here Not There, art residency, Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris, 2008 Artistic exploration of the concept of time and the possibility to escape from it. A song, a dance, a poem, an image. A poetical, sensorial research of the notion of time and the possibility to both sense it and escape from it. Time - not the scientific or the philosophical concept of time - but time as a being, a subject for the senses, the psyche, the intuitive creation, the sensed time. The research has an experiential approach, in the context of an imagined time-travel experience. Not knowing if she can experience the limits of time, the dancer engages in a play, letting the body invent a game, a prelude in which she invites Time to join her as a lover, in a play of unfolding secrets.(...) Camera Elise Passavant 2008, performance and images Iuliana Varodi 2008 - 2009. As a continuation of “sanatana mood”, the concept of time emerged as the centre of my interest currently. Time - not the scientific or the philosophical concept of time but time as a subject for the senses, the psyche, the intuitive creation, the sensed time. What makes the quality of time? Is it its rhythm, its speed, the alternative density and emptiness of its content? Or is it the impact that its content (the happenings) have on our perception? Is time a context that contains everything we can perceive? What is its nature? Does time exist into something, a larger context? Do we then need to see that larger context, in order to see the borders / the limits of time? Do we need to know its size in order to understand it? Or, if we can understand the meaning of an instance of time, can we understand it? Can we attempt to redefine the instance of time, as an alternative to the second – could it be the space between two heart beats, the duration of a breath? Would that make us change our understanding of its nature? Ideas around the relationship time-body-mind: When we really know something, we first become that thing, then we are free of it, not being hunted by the desire to know it anymore. Thus, knowing time would make us free of it, which would make time travel possible. The artistic exploration and its dilemmas are translated into dance. The approach is intuitive, placing the word TIME as an obsession in the mind, while the body chases it, provokes it. The same approach is used when rewriting the poem, composing the music, editing the video. Body is the expression of material life, of nature, of instincts, of temporary, the house of our needs and actions. Word, logos is the expression of the immaterial, of mind, of human spirit. With thanks to Nicolas Perret & les Mollaires de l'Est, Elise Passavant, Cédric Caremel, Eléonore Didier, Ioan Contiu, Xavier Faltot, Pascal Dupoy et David Fenech pour les collaborations et l'aide en matière de régie, camera, vidéo, audio, musique, montage, étalonnage et pour leur précieux feed back. Filmé au Centre National de la Danse. |