Death Animations, 2008
Performance, 3 hours
Machine Project, Los Angeles
| Inspired by Bruce Nauman’s 1973 work “Tony Sinking into the Floor, Face Up and Face Down”, 9 dancers outfitted in fanstay armour recreated his performance in slow motion combined with movements based on computer game death animations, this piece was accompanied by a high volume binaural beats reputed to induce out of body experiences. Closely linked to his past process of modification of existing computer games, as well as performative events with medieval re-enactment and fantasy live action role playing subcultures, Death Animations is a re-interpretation of the Naumann work through the lens of “New Age” ideas of astral projection and out of body experience, computer games, and recent foreign conflict. |
Costume: Lauren Tafuri
Makeup: Lise Leininger
Camera: Dan Martinico
Production Assistance: Michele Yu
Dancers:
Alexia Lewis
Aimee Zannoni
Nicholas Bruder
Susan Huckle
Hugo Armstrong
Adam Overton
Steve Irvin
Sarah Anderson
Mark Herbst
Thanks to Mark Allen and Machine Project, Los Angeles