Body Crysis

A vanguard experiment in untethered performance for digital morphologies.

Body Crysis / 身體災變 is a choreographic work with (re)animated bodies, stretching the bounds of our newfound digital corporeality. It transmutes dance, motion capture and CG animation into a simultaneous, shared performance between Newport and Taipei, in the flesh and online.

Long time collaborators Harrison Hall and Sam Mcgilp have teamed up with NAXS Future, a Taipei-based media art collective to present a hybrid live/digital dance work of impossible choreography, biomimicry and techno-morphology.

Performed simultaneously at The Substation and online, Body Crysis / 身體災變 is the culmination of two years of experiments in motion capture and digital choreography by two artists who are fast gaining a reputation for their visionary approach to genre fluid performance .

The Substation Main Space will be transformed into an animated environment enveloped by projection. Embracing the glitch, dancers move in states of shared embodiment with digital forms and each other. Body Crysis / 身體災變 is decentralised and untethered. It will be performed synchronously in an online, purpose-built, digital environment created by NAXS Future, available to view worldwide, while formidable quintet Prairie WWWW transmit both audio and 3D depth data live from Taipei directly to The Substation.

CONTENT WARNING
Please be advised that this performance contains haze and high noise levels.

From 11 - 27 November 2022, Neighbourhood will celebrate place, community and humanity in Melbourne’s West with 18 days of heartfelt performance, exhibitions and experiences.

This multi artform festival, co-presented by Footscray Community Arts and The Substation, beckons local residents and those from postcodes beyond to immerse themselves in a deeply-engaging program, spotlighting the communities that make up Western Melbourne’s social fabric.