umbra
Installation
Equation Festival, Vietnam (April 2018)
Strawberry Fields Festival, Australia (November 2018)
‘umbra’, consisting of three large-scale Tetris-style blocs, resembles a basic maze through which visitors are invited to wander. A number of lights and projectors are arranged between the white semi-opaque walls of the structure,
casting drifting shadows around passers-by.
While in a normal maze, people are tricked and find themselves lost between the labyrinthine walls, in Umbra, the artifice consists of a visual illusion between the audiences’ silhouettes and the intermittent projection of performers’ shadows, which have previously been filmed and are then projected onto the walls of the installation.
Concept & creative direction:
Dalia Somi
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Video & creative direction:
Anita Wilczega
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Collaborating artists:
Linh Valerie Pham (puppeteer & movement artist), Nguyen Duy Thanh (dancer), Ta Dinh Huy (acrobat), Vu Cong Minh (acrobat), Lara Jaecks (live performance)
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Equation Festival - Aftermovie
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Credits:
Pictures Umbra Strawberry Fields: Ben Bear
Pictures + Footage Umbra Equation: Propaganda Productions