Bodymarks

Bodymarks was a production by Kingsworks.

Bodymarks was performed at Dansens Hus in Oslo in April 2010. Bodymarks challenged the presence of and communication with a dancer, as well as the text's communicative and poetic dimensions in live performance. The work approached issues regarding signs, traces, dance and text.

The video work (separate) was shown at Gdansk: NORWAY fest (The Flood of Norwegian Alternative) by Political Critique in 2011.

Information

(Objekt ID 10192)
Object type Production
Premiere April 1, 2010
Produced by Kingsworks
Audience Adults
Language English
Keywords Performance
Running period April 1, 2010  
Website tg performance ritual

Requirements to venue

Blackout No
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Text from Bodymarks by tg.performance.ritual:

"You are a planet on which I am printed
The shadow of this copy is a tattoo in my soul
The Body is a tank of experience
carrying masks from the media carnival...."

Bodymarks by tg.performance.ritual is a part of a continuing project called 3 Layers of Shine. Bodymarks is the first project in a series of ten of what Tone Gellein refers to as "video poetry".

Sources:

E-mail from Tone Gellein, 09.11.2011

tg.performance.ritual, 20.12.2010, http://www.tonegellein.com/index.php?/video-works/video-poetry-bodymarks/

Contributors (9)
Name Role
Tone Gellein – Text
Tone Gellein – Idea
John Cage – Music
Øystein Elle – Music
Sol Kjøk – Visual design (Tegninger)
Tone Gellein – Video/Film
Tone Gellein – Sound
Vitor Monico Truzzi – Dancer (På video)
Tone Gellein – Performer
Performance dates
September 1, 2010Sound of MU Show
April 1, 2010Studioscenen, Dansens Hus, Oslo Worldwide premiere