Disembodied BEings
PREVIEW VIDEO TO BE UPLOADED SOON
Disembodied BEings
part of the MÆ- Motion Aftereffect series
Video / Audio:
Freya Björg Olafson
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HD video | 6m49s
Installation or screening
Originally I perform with the video as part of
MÆ - Motion Aftereffect
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2019
‘Disembodied Beings’ considers how virtual reality technology destabilizes meaning(s) of the corporeal body. The work engages with content from the Internet: open source motion capture libraries, ready-made 3D models of humans, and at home tests of motion capture software and models. These visuals conflate with found youtube monologues that recount out of body and astral projection experiences. ‘‘Disembodied People’ is part of Olafson a new series called ‘MÆ - Motion Aftereffect’ which is a series of works concerned with the impact of emerging consumer technologies associated with AR - Augmented Reality, VR - Virtual Reality, MR - Mixed Reality, XR - Extended Reality and 360° video.
Freya acknowledges the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts, the AR/VR Artist Research Residency Pilot organized by Oregon Story Board, Eyebeam and Upfor Gallery in Portland as well as the 13th Annual Montréal Choreographic Workshop. In 2017 this work was developed through the CounterPulse (San Francisco) ‘Artist Residency Commissioning Program’ with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the Ken Hempel Fund for the Arts.
Contact Freya for the password to view the work online
Distributed by: VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS CENTER
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Screening History
2020 Pleasure Dome 'Toronto New Works' Tour - Online Screenings - Victoria, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg
2020 Gimli Film Festival - Gimli, Manitoba
2020 Pleasure Dome 'Toronto New Works' - Online Screening / Magazine - Toronto
2019 Movimiento en Movimiento #8 curator: Yolanda M. Guadarrama - Mexico City
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2019 Festival International Du Film Sur L’art / Momenta Biennale De L’image 'præsentia/in absentia' curator Émilie Serri screening at Dazibao, Mtl
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Olafson performed alongside the video work in development in the following contexts:
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2018 Video Pool Media Art Centre as part of major exhibition 'Isolated Landscapes' curated by Kathy Rae Huffman, Nov 2017 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
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2017 CounterPulse - Combustible: ARC - Artist in Residence Commissioning Program Sept 6 - 17, San Francisco, California ​
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