Spatial Arrangement and Audience Integration

The installation is situated within the Everson Museum of Art, designed by I. M. Pei. The gallery is structured by a strict forty-inch grid, which serves as the spatial framework for the project. Within this system, thirty-six steel poles are arranged in a six-by-six configuration to support the performance. Two rows extend into the audience area, creating a more immersive and physically connected relationship between dancers and viewers.

Performance Overview

Chapter 01: Pulse

The first chapter introduces three dancers positioned on rotating turntables. Their names are projected onto their bodies, synchronized with a heartbeat rhythm. The scene establishes a calm and controlled beginning, presenting the body as the central focus of the narrative.

Chapter 02: Diagnosis

Laser levels are used to project vertical and horizontal lines across the space. A rotating laser scans from the center, creating a clinical and precise atmosphere, reminiscent of a medical examination.

Chapter 03: Treatment

Flashlights are introduced above and below the dancers. Rather than viewing the body directly, the movement is perceived through shadows cast onto the ceiling and floor, creating a new way of experiencing motion.

Chapter 04: Catharsis

Multiple projectors flash at high frequency, transforming movement into fragmented frames rather than continuous motion. Strong contrasts in color and light intensify the scene.

Chapter 05: Recovery

Flashlights are attached to the dancer's bodies, allowing light to move with them and expand into the surrounding space. The illumination extends outward, almost wrapping around the audience, creating a fully immersive moment in which light and performance become inseparable.

Chapter 06: Relapse

The atmosphere softens once again. Simple projected patterns and layered real and pre-recorded images create an overlap between past and present, reality and memory. It suggests that healing is not linear, but cyclical.

Chapter 07: Return to Pulse

The performance returns to Pulse, marked by the rhythm of a heartbeat, completing the cycle. Rather than unfolding as a linear narrative, it operates as a continuous loop.

Final Performance