SPATIAL RHYTHMS Scenographic movements in the intersection of the installation and performing arts.

Elina Lifländer

This artistic research started with the challenges of the contemporary scenography; How to react and participate in the fluctuating performances of today? The immaterial starting point has turned into a rhythmic spatiality, where the rhythm meets visual compositions, movements, sound and other intangible elements of the performative space. After joining to the TAhTO program, my study started to move even more towards interartistic aspects where the performing art meets installation art and the participatory performance meets music and sound art. Among the important aspects today, has proved to be the process of sharing and making the spatial experience and design process more comprehensive and visible through communicative practice.

SPATIAL RHYTHMS (synopsis)

The research process includes in addition to the written part, three artistic parts realized during 2012-2014: Between two skies, Corridor and Water tower-project.

The starting point was the changes in the working field that can be traced to the wider turn of demand of equivalency and considering the audience as a part of the creative powers. In this period of change I have had an opportunity to expand the role of a visual designer and to participate in the visceral practice as well. With this multisensory participation I was approaching the bodily sensation on rhythmic and the aesthetics beyond and before articulation. Later I got to know that rather similar method of kinaesthetic empathy is used for example in the dance therapy to interact and identify the unknown aspects....

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