phenomena

Phenomena, a short experimental art film
for Valentines Mansion and gardens

The project is a collaboration between a Japanese Visual & Live artist Juri Nishi and a Portuguese Film maker Tânia Moreira David.

Concept
Using the expression of dance and movement, the project explores ideas about phenomenology and the relationship of the body to the architectural landscape. The project is inspired by the history of generations of past inhabitants. The film will be set in a listed 17th century mansion and a 18th century Rococo garden.

Phenomena will be on solo exhibition at the Valentines Mansion from end of May-Aug 2012. The exhibition will consist of the film and a series of drawings based on choreographic movements of the project.

Juri and Tânia both have a background in Architecture and encountered each other whilst working at SCDLP Architects in London. Their collaboration began in Tânia’s previous film La Petite Maison, an architectural seduction which has been exhibited in established organisations such as MAXXI Museum in Rome, Foundazione Architetti Treviso and Strelka Institute for Media.

Upcoming events
We will be holding a series of free film screening events and movement workshop to engage the community in to our process. To receive updates of these future events and exhibition dates, please subscribe to our Artist page on Facebook, here.

Introduction to our team
We are pleased to announce our collaboration with the following beautiful dancers and talented crew and design team.

Performers:
Monica Brunello is an Italian freelance movement artist, Rei practitioner and Reiki therapist. Her work focuses on exploring energy via internal and external movement. Subsequent discoveries and developments are used in both her creative processes, as well as her shared practice where she helps guide people through a deeper understanding of their body. Through her technique and expressive style, she has collaborated in Dance, Performance, Video and Art in various locations around the world.

Evangelia Kolyra is a Greek born choreographer and dancer, based in London. Her current choreographic interests focus mainly on movement stimulus, physicality, detail and the psychology of human experience, and she aims to develop a cross-disciplinary and highly collaborative practice. Evangelia has an MFA in Choreography from Roehampton University, a BA in Dance from Professional Dance School D.Gregoriadou, and a BA in Greek Philology-Linguistics from National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.
evangeliakolyra.com

Justyna Sochaj is a Polish contemporary dancer, community dance practitioner and qualified dance teacher. She has a background in Finance studies and turned to her passion and dedication to Dance. She completed her study at Laban and she has been a member of Experimental Dance Studio EST and Gesture and Movement Theatre Group in Poland. She believes that dance can transform people’s lives; and that the essence of dance is to be able to portrait spiritual experiences and deeply hidden mysterious inner-self, as well as the everyday life exposures.

Crew and Design team:
Francois Coppey, Director of Photography (DoP)
David, Composer
Andre, Sound Designer
Pete Cudmore, Sound Recordist
Mathias Hancock, Assistant to Director and DoP
Heath McWaters, Assistant to Director and DoP
Cameron Molloy, Sound Record Assistant
Costume designer
Margarida, Pattern cutter and dressmaker

We would also like to send our Special thanks to:
Nadia Brice
Michael Cross
Joe Flynn
Matteo Fogale
Samantha Goody
Alex Turner
Rita

Go to Artists’ biography
Go to Tânia’s filmography

Maya Deren (1917-1961)

A study in choreography for the camera, 1945,

silent, b/w, 2’30”

One of our inspiration for this project

Above video:

Juri Nishi and Tânia Moreira David

Phenomena trailer

© Juri Nishi and Tânia Moreira David / All rights reserved

Supported by

Above:

Valentines mansion and gardens

Performers in a rehearsal. Performers from left:

Justyna Sochaj and Rosana Ribeiro

Photograph by Tania Moreira David