In their first experiment together choreographer Elisa Zuppini and visual artist Christopher Tym investigate the relation between a body and a camera in motion.

As these two bodies amplify and inform each other’s movements, they begin to produce an altered sense of a moving environment between them, something beyond representation of the human body and its surroundings - they become extensions of each other. There’s a sense of free fall in this relationship, there is no up or down and that all movement has the potential to be destabilised and reoriented in multiple directions simultaneously.

Making

This work came out of an investigation into the relationship between the camera and the body and to explore new articulations that develop between them: Both of these entities are performing but how can they dance together? This video is split into four chapters, 1.Limbs & Joints 2.Torsion 3.Framing 4.Combinative Articulations - They are building blocks of discoveries that start with simple investigations just to see what is possible and then these discoveries are combined to create a synthesis of combined articulations such as the movements of the performer and the camera, the choreographies between them and the potential of framing devices to heighten the affect and experience of the viewer

Sound

The sounds was captured direct, no non-diegetic sound.

• Christopher TymDirector
• Elisa ZuppiniChoreographer
• Elisa ZuppiniPerformer
• Jacuzzi AmsterdamProducer

Elisa Zuppini (IT) is a choreographer and movement researcher based in Amsterdam. Through her movement practice De.sy.re., she creates pieces for various locations, such as the club, academic conferences, the museum and the theatre. Her research focuses on the constant transformation of the human body, the ability to change and be changed.

Director Biography - Christopher Tym

Christopher Tym (UK, 1987) is a Visual Artist based in Amsterdam.
His practice includes Film-making, Animation and Audio-Visual Installations. Themes in his work explore the relationship between the camera and the body, unreliable framing and affective editing.