still/moving (2021)

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Inspired by Merce Cunningham’s 50 Looks, still/moving explores the stillness–movement spectrum through a series of sculptures. The work displaces the livingroomness of pandemic dance and invites the viewer to consider the three-dimensionality of space and self. 

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Following the practices of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, the visual and audio elements of the work were created and recorded independently of one another, and chance procedures (using the I Ching and a deck of playing cards) informed initial choreographic choices.

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still/moving has been screened at Weltkunstzimmer, POOL – Movement Art Film Festival Berlin, and Re-Fest. A live version of still/moving has been performed at Pagal Canvas Backyard and at the Museum of Art and Photography as part of Buoyant.

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Choreography and filming: Ainesh Madan
Performance: Dayita Nereyeth
Sound: Mario Schenker
Guest performance: Lola, Lucy, and Sheeba

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Special thanks to Maureen Gonsalves and the humans and animals of Kumaran Estate, Coorg.

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7 minutes, digital