A delightful week has gone already and although we are still in the midst of things, I am starting to look towards shaping the work. I suspect that some aspects of the research will be put aside for now and we will focus in on three parts: the original videos I took, the projections on the body we started today and some performance work we have worked on this week and will need to develop further next week.

I had thought of organizing the gallery space in two halves but today realized that the long space can also invite a journey from one end to the other. A sense of journey or passing through seems more appropriate to the work so I think I'll focus on this.

Today we worked on projecting videos onto the dancers bodies and then recording them. I quickly realized that the this was also interesting live and we developed a series of actions in relation to the projections. It is lovely to see the light on their bare skin and notice the details of skin and freckles in the projections. Lucinda talked yesterday and today about feeling like she is absorbing the images through her skin, embodying the technology. I like thinking about this and seems to be away to keep them from becoming mere objects or projection surfaces. The connection between them is very strong and aids in giving them a strong presence in the space that can compete with the video images.