[e s c] _a modular art piece
[ e s c ] explores escapism as a concept and state of mind. The logic of algorithms and social media inspired the choreographic investigation. The work consists of five modules, which can be curated together or individually.
[ e s c ] _dance performance won the Innovation In Performance Award at Stockholm Fringe Festival 2023 and our [ e s c ] _dancefilm is shortlisted and selected for the Screendance submissions to 2024 Taiwan Dance Platform.
[e s c] _dance performance (available for stage)
[e s c] _animated choreography (film festivals, outdoor projections, gallery spaces etc.)
[e s c] _artificial and augmented exhibition (public spaces, galleries etc.)
[e s c] _dance film (i.a. avialable for film festivals)
[e s c] _virtual archive (coming)
[e s c] _dance performance is a 45 min performance with four dancer available for established theatres or other venues with site specific adaptations. The piece won the award Innovation In Performance at Stockholm Fringe Festival 2023 and has also been shown in theatres in other parts of Sweden and Dublin, Ireland. Contact us for more information.
[e s c] _dance film is a 16 min long film made together with filmmaker Tanne Willow. The film has just been shortlisted for Taiwan Dance Platform 2024 and is available for distribution at film festivals or other art events. Contact us for more information.
[e s c] _animated choreography is a 7 minute min long film made together with artist dr_formalyst and is based on the [e s c] movement language in motion capture data and digital animation. The film has been shown at Stockholm Fringe Festival, Estrad Norr, Stockholm’s Culture Festival and in Dublin Port during Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. [e s c] _animated choreography is available for film festivals and also suits very well for outdoor projections. If you are interested in this we have visuals from outdoor projections in industrial spaces. Contact ongoingrealities@gmail.com for more information.
[e s c] _artificial and augumented exhibition is a collection of five artworks with an interactive AR-dimension. The artworks have been made together with experimental duo A EYE, Vytis Gruzdys and Rapolas Vosylius and image animation and AR together with artist Yuvia Maini. The artworks have been shown at Stockholm Fringe Festival where they were nominated for Best Digital Experience, at Estrad Norr, as a large outdoor temporary exhibition at Stockholm’s Culture Festival and in Dublin Port during Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. It is available for galleries, performing arts venues or public spaces. If you are interested in this we have visuals from different settings, both galleries and outdoor spaces. Contact us for more information.
[e s c]
[e s c] is a modular work that explores patterns of escapism where components from different time periods, digital animations and four dancers transform the stage space into an enigmatic place where past, present and future meet. [e s c] takes as a point of departure in the need for pause and imagination but also how technology and algorithms transform or change our escapist tendencies. Instead of focusing on what is good or bad, [e s c] explores both dystopian and utopian ideas linked to our need for escape from reality and what this does to the bodies on stage. Algorithms and social media have stimulated the choreographic investigation and the piece takes the visitor on an escapist journey through different emotional states and expressions in an eclectic mix that makes you question who is looking at whom and at what. The relationship of escapism to capitalism is explored as well as questions of the relationship between escapism and presence, flight and change.
Production: Ongoing Realities
Concept and choreography: Anna Näsström and Johan Bandholtz
Dancers: Anna Borrás, Matilda Bjärum, Anna Näsström and Johan Bandholtz
Sound design: Rosanna Gunnarsson and Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Light design: Angela X Ariza
Animations: dr_formalyst
Video artist: Tanne Willow
Photographer: Tanne Willow and Maya Eneh
AR and image animations: Yuvia Maini
Poster and AI design: A EYE, Vytis Gruzdys & Rapolas Vosylius
Costume: OR
Scenography: OR
With the support from The Swedish Arts Council and the City of Stockholm as well as through residencies with PlayLab Skövde, the University of Skövde, the Art Museum in Skövde, Site Incubator in Farsta and Danscenter Sthlm.