Body of Work + QWERTY

Are you ready to dance with the digital?

Wacky and weird, Body of Work + QWERTY is the ideal show for those looking for a non-traditional art performance.

Inspired by modern technology, this double bill dance production blends the relationship between the real world and a computerised one. Performed at the humble Darebin Arts Centre, this show features time-delayed cameras and contemporary dance styles. These art forms are blended to create real-time original video-art that would be slightly different each time it is performed.

Crafted by video artists RDYSTDY (Hana Miller and Jacob Perins), composed by Daniel Jenatsch and choreographed and performed by Atlanta Eke, Body of Work + QWERTY is pegged as a sequel to the original Body of Work by the same artists in 2014.

The performance consists of two parts. Like all wonderful and strange things in the art world, this show may give you goosebumps in a good or a bad way. Body of Work is designed to be the prophecy of the performance. This part plays on the perception of time and asks the audience “who choreographs and who is choreographed?”. QWERTY is created to be the sequel, exploring the interface between dance and the audience, and experiments to seek where the threshold begins and ends within a body.

Eke uses an array of cameras with on-stage projectors to convey the art form of time-delayed video. Although not a new form of art, it was an incredible display to see so many art styles combined to create the performance. Eke uses a fundamental piece of our communication to convey how intertwined humans are with technology. It is absurd and extremely unpredictable. The show features muted colour tones through lighting and random props that are changed in-between scenes. This performance is beautiful to watch but expect loud and obnoxious sound bites throughout, which may take away from the overall experience. Filled with curiosity and confusion, Body of Work + QWERTY blends technology and art in a boisterous manner which may not be everyone’s cup of tea.

Body of Work + QWERTY
Ran March 23-25th, 2023
Darebin Arts Centre – 401 Bell St, Preston