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Embodyment

2020

Durational performance and single-channel video documentation

Embodyment was an experiment in bodily failure. With almost no dance training and an injured leg, artist Jake Zaslav attempted to teach himself a new dance created by his own sister, the choreographer Alexandra Zaslav. Learning only from projected video clips and a short WhatsApp message recorded hundreds of miles away, Jake encountered the impasse of failure as he navigated a body that couldn’t seem to move right and a mind that couldn’t fully grasp the images he saw before him. But Embodyment is also about simulation: videos simulating teachers, bodies simulating digital copies, brothers simulating sisters. The resulting video documents - and simulates - this multi-hour performance for future viewers.

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