While going to a condition

WHILE GOING TO A CONDITION / creation 2002

Created and performed by Hiroaki Umeda

Like “Accumulated Layout”, “While going to a Condition” is a spatial and sensorial experience in which the performer emanates an incredible magnetic force.

SLOWNESS AND BRILLIANCE “I created a piece of work from an empty space, where an image comes to life and develops. Slowly but surely the dance and the image and sound take shape simultaneously,” states Hiroaki Umeda.

A visual artist more than a choreographer, performer more than dancer, Hiroaki Umeda has developed an artistic approach that is based just as much on visual arts as on scenic arts. His choreographic works, which are mainly all solos, can be perceived as complete installations, audible and visual, where the artist performs highly-personal movements.

In “While going to a Condition”, time, punctuated by moments of silence, dilates, provoking a loss of bearings. Here, the artist wishes to invite the spectator to experience the duration of the work in a very particular way: slowness and brilliance join in to regulate the gradual transformation that takes place on the stage, just like moving from one state of being to another. The video, used as a source of light, creates a sort of magnetism that the public feel and experiment live and direct.

More than just a performance, Hiroaki Umeda invites the spectator to partake in a genuine experience. Leaving narration far behind, the artist seeks to transmit sensations to the public rather than messages. Devoid of what can be considered as meaning, the performance is “felt” more than understood.

Credits

Conception et interprétation Hiroaki Umeda

Réalisation vidéo Charles Picq

Durée 50 minutes

Updating : August 2012