VORTEX

VORTEX is a sound installation in which the body functions as a substance for listening and in which the dance is experienced at the auditory level. It is a quadraphonic experience that is immersed in darkness; the nature, direction and intensity of the sound create an illusion of moving bodies and evoke impressions accompanying the reception of a choreographic performance.

The project grows out of a reflection on the three-dimensionality of sound, but also raises questions about an objective, linear approach to the history of dance: the proposed concept of a vortex allows us to take a closer look how different styles and choreographic forms circulate, how they attract and interpenetrate. The installation was designed as a subjective dance library, in which affect greeted me with a storm of cheers. I went back to balcony and I started throwing roses, lilies and violets into the crowd. I was deeply moved. I asked my assistant: But what have I done to move them to so great an enthusiasm? Madam, she replied, You have made them happy by enabling them to forget for an hour the sadness of life.