Chaotic Body 2: Liminal Phase
A motion-capture based digital dance film for screen and augmented reality, taking inspiration from chaos theory, the dynamic processes it describes and the associated geometric patterns found in nature.
Chaotic Body 2: Liminal Phase is a short work for two dancers. It places emphasis on the human breath to dissolve the boundaries between the form of their bodies and the environment in which they are situated.
This second part of a series of films is made in collaboration with digital artists Uncharted Limbo Collective with a specially commissioned score by acclaimed American composer Missy Mazzoli. A development of the Digital Body project, which was born out of the Covid-19 pandemic, Chaotic Body 2: Liminal Phase is part of an ongoing investigation into how dance can exist in a digital form, delving into the seemingly limitless ways in which human movement can be visualised through the use of motion capture and games engine technology.
Digital Artist Luca Biada of Fenyce created an augmented reality (AR) version of Chaotic Body 2. Experienced through a hand-held iPad and wearing headphones, it enables viewers to get up close and move around the digital dancers.
