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Variations and Permutations video in Resolution 2023 screening

Variations and Permutations, a short video from the States of Being series, was selected for Digital Arts Resource Centre’s Resolution 2023 screening, an annual juried members’ showcase. The public screening will take place at Arts Court Theatre in Ottawa, on Thursday, January 26th 2023 at 7 pm.

A word from the Jury about Variations and Permutations: “A vastly textured video that crosses art, dance and architecture, with a wonderful concept and creativity of movement.”

More information about the screening program

See excerpts from Variations and Permutations

Variations and Permutations interweaves footage of dancer Jocelyn Todd and the expressive interactions she performs within Cheryl Pagurek’s States of Being video and audio installation. By combining varied viewpoints and approaches to image-making, from slow shutter to transparent projection scrim to digital screen recording, multiple iterations of Todd’s body and movements through space and time are portrayed. The interplay between layers captures simultaneous yet shifting identities and planes of contemporary experience – physical and virtual, lived and imagined, alternately shaped by both immediacy and mediation. Composer Jesse Stewart created the music tracks that are mapped spatially to respond to Todd’s movements in the installation. Jean-Claude Batista developed the installation’s custom software.

Video still from Variations and Permutations
Video still from Variations and Permutations

Video still from Variations and Permutations
Video still from Variations and Permutations

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