Stilled
A durational dance piece and exhibition of pinhole photographs
Sat 17 March
1pm – 8pm
Siobhan Davies Studios, London
www.siobhandavies.com
Thu 12 & Fri 13 April
12pm – 4pm & 5pm – 8pm
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
www.wmc.org.uk
Tues 17 April
2pm – 10pm
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
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A Fevered Sleep & Fuel production
Direction, design & photography
David Harradine
Performed by Laura Cubitt, Petra Soor, Robin Dingemans, Sachi Kimura, Theo Clinkard and Valentina Formenti
Lighting Design
Hansjorg Schmidt
Music
Jamie McCarthy
Production Manager
Ali Beale
First commissioned by the Wellcome Collection in London in 2008, Stilled is a durational dance piece (performed for between 3 and 12 hours) and an exhibition of pinhole photographs. The dance is performed not only for a human audience, but also for an audience of pinhole cameras. During the performance, these cameras take long exposure photographs of the movements taking place, which are developed and then displayed as part of the event.
In Stilled, the audience witnesses the performance taking place, and they see the strange, often abstract images that bear witness to earlier improvisations. Stilled is a meditation on the nature of perception: of taking time to become visible, taking time to be present, taking time to look, and taking time to see.
Stilled features a live, improvised score by Jamie McCarthy and light score by Hansjorg Schmidt. Audiences are free to come and go throughout the duration of the piece
Exhibition
Supported by the Siobhan Davies Commissioning Fund, photographs from Stilled will be on display at Siobhan Davies Studios from Saturday 17 March to Sunday 01 April. Visit siobhandavies.com for more details.