Fiber optic, Installation, Light installation
——as part of the set design of a dance production "Wujoud wa Hodoud
[ About ]
From August 2017, Jordanian performer, choreographer Abd Al Hadi Abunahleh started to a project, called "“Wojoud Wa Hodoud”. The word “Wojoud” meaning “Existence” and the word “Hodoud” meaning “Borders” in Arabic, together draw personal stories of land, nation, division and struggle into the body and voice of a group Arab dancers.
After two years of development, a contemporary dance that combines technology with the human form, as well as scripted intentionality with spontaneity, into a kinetic narrative of the human condition, was born.
For this production, Abd team up with visual artist Ren. The indeterminate or ‘chance’ aspect of the live performance is explored as the performers dance through "shapes" and "lines” created by an extensive fiber-optic installation. What has resulted in the space is intentional, and at the same time, spontaneous, connecting the dance piece with day-to-day randomness of life and the dynamics of conscious and unconscious creative adaptation of life defined by borders.
[ The exhibition ]
An experiment using fiber optic on 20th of February 2018, at Kawar Villa, MMAG Foundation, Amman, Jordan. This site-specific installation is based on triangular forms transforming dark spaces into abstract light environments.
Installation duration: 8 hours;
de-installation duration: 1 hour
Material: fiber optic, LED and tape
[ The process ]
In the design process of the installation, techniques including learning from performance arts, thread and rope modelling,cardboard modelling, 3D modelling are used. After performer experience evaluation, further experimentation with material and technology were conducted, allowing more engagement and the possibility of designing choreographic sequences of light and shadow.
