Audio and sculptural installation

“Floating in the interspace uncertainties, “Ensemble” by Proudfoot & Piasecka tackles the personal closeness of the artists with states of fluctuating health. Building on their collaborative practice and exploring the relationship between performance and sculpture, the installation includes a series of “clothes-sculptures” presented on animatronic structures, Mimicking internal bodily functions. The sound work which accompanies it is inspired by therapeutic ASMR, somatic movement practices and sampling techniques. In tandem, both sculptures and the sound work prepare the ground for a live performance but come to embody the performance itself.”

Nora-Swantje Almes

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Audio and sculptural installation by Proudfoot & Piasecka

Sound design by Ailie Ormston

Animatronic sculptures by William Darrell

German translation and vocal performance by Nima Séne

Funded by Arts Council England & NEUSTART Culture

Supported by The Work Room, Dance Base, Dance 4, Tramway

Presented at Soy Capitán Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2021

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