Out of the ordinary..but I like it!

'Dances for small spaces' by Ame

 

I must admit, this video really inspired me. The concept, the quality and the techniques in video production really stood out for me. I made key notes for my own work from this video clip.

Time Lapse Images

Shinichi Maruyama

 

Time-lapse Images of Nude Dancers Created with 10,000 Individual Photographs

 

 

 

This work portays the movement of the body in an abstract but almost elegant way. I believe it is an innovative way of capturing the movement, which relates to my concept to some degree, but not entirely.

 

 Of the photos Shin says:

I tried to capture the beauty of both the human body’s figure and its motion. The figure in the image, which is formed into something similar to a sculpture, is created by combining 10,000 individual photographs of a dancer. By putting together uninterrupted individual moments, the resulting image as a whole will appear to be something different from what actually exists. With regard to these two viewpoints, a connection can be made to a human being’s perception of presence in life.

All video, No pencils!

 

Going back to the start with my initial idea on dance and architecture turned out to be the more clever option. After chats with the tutors and more thought, the concept, has much more potential for developemnet than the 'leaving a mark' idea. Therefore I moved on and dove in to something new....video! All video, no pencils! For me, this was a very different approach to art and design.

So I decided to explore further by choosing a location to dance/move in that would cause me re-think my movement according to the space that surrounds me. I wanted the viewer to see how I, as a dancer, appreciate my space and the impact it has on my performance.

 

(Loft Video 2) Manipulating my movements to suit the architecture of my converted loft.

(Snapshot 1) Of a video clip 'Loft video 1'

 

 

(Loft Video 3) Manipulating body movements to the acute angles of the architecture.

 

(Snapshot 2) Of a video clip 'Loft video 2'

 

Overall, the above video clips and snapshots were not as effective as I had hoped. I thought perhaps it may be the result of the chosen location (my loft) which may not be challenging enough for me as the dancer.  Although, there was elements to them such as (Video 1) that I did like. This included the confusion as to where i was located that may be evoked in the viewer and I did like the idea of plain white acute and perpendicular angles in the architecture. This may be something I could come back to and develope further.