This Side of Paradise: September 2012

Dudendance

Enter an alien world both menacing and timeless located in Summerhall’s eerie Demonstration and Autopsy rooms. A group of war-torn mutants assemble themselves with wads of stuffing and removable limbs. An atmosphere of menace penetrates the void as each action brings them closer to violence. Video games, war games and Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” have inspired the work.

The piece uses physical manipulation, body morphing and fighting to ask the question: In training for violence can we re-programme ourselves to behave like machines ?

This Side of Paradise has been devised by Dudendance with a group of young people: Cathi Sell, Gordon Black, Deborah May and Harvey Lancaster who have been working with Dudendance since the age of 9. We are joined by Brasilian collaborator Dora de Andrade and lighting designer Charlotte Strang-Moran. Fabiana Galante from Argentina has created the soundtrack.

The first work-in-progress was shown at the Arches in October 2011 and then the Glue factory October 2012.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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