warp-speed minnesang

project

Photo by Tobias Zarfl

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multimedia dance performance in collaboration with media artist and musician Ferdinand Doblhammer
30 minutes

shown at Galerie discotec,
supported by Kultur Niederösterreich & Keycomponents

about

warp-speed minnesang is concerned with making network infrastructure tangible. These physical objects manifest themselves in the form of data centres, radio towers, mobile phone masts, satellite communication objects, data cables and more. While the insides of the objects - and thus the flow of data - are physically inaccessible, their outer, rigid shells remain the only form of representation. The external appearance of the landscape is increasingly populated by representatives of the digital space, who, despite their immense importance, are rather inconspicuously perceived.
In a live performance, the duo explores a hypothetical scenario in which the normally rigid shells of the digital network infrastructure are set in motion, influencing our daily communication. The modern minnesong of the dancer captivates both digital and physical objects, making them dance drunk with love.