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Biennale Cinema

Venice, Italy
Showing August 31 - September 10, 2022

Director:	
Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli, Alexa Pollmann, Bine Roth

Running Time:	
45’

Country:	
UK

Mentioned in Hollywood Insider, Screen Daily, and InsideWire

Moving image installation with live performance, sound and virtual reality. The exhibition combines dance with dazzling optical illusions. Recreating the optimistic, rebellious spirit of the 1919 Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball at the Royal Albert Hall and featuring eye-catching costumes inspired by WW1 naval camouflage. The VR experience invites audience members to dance with performers shifting between virtual and live choreographies. In the worlds of the dazzling ball, dancing avatars meet against striking black and white backdrops. To enhance the exhibition, each audience member wears a zero-waste bespoke dazzle costume, complimenting the dancers’ custom-designed mocap suits. The original Dazzle Ball reflected the popularity of Vorticism, futurism and dadaism, DAZZLE captures our post-internet, post-truth society, testing the boundaries of interactive performance.
- Biennale Cinema