慢舞 Slow Dancing

早前因為參予石頭公社的11小時馬拉松慢活的演出，我嘗試在網上尋找一些有關慢活，慢動作等的資料，希望能夠了解多一點，點知就讓我找到這個很"正" 的video installation "Slow Dancing", 在此和大家分享。

Slow Dancing 於2007年7月在紐約林肯表演藝術中心的 Lincoln Center Festival 展出：

Slow Dancing is a series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of dancers and choreographers from around the world, displayed on multiple screens. Each subject's movement (approximately 5 seconds long) was shot on a specially constructed set using a high-speed, high-definition camera recording at 1,000 frames per second (standard film captures 30 frames per second). The result is approximately 10 minutes of extreme slow motion. The trio of portraits will be randomly selected for each cycle, allowing viewers to simultaneously compare dancers from different styles and cultures.

What at first appears to be a series of still photographs unfolds gesture by barely perceptible gesture—a motion portrait in which each dancer's unique artistic expression and technique are revealed. Viewers can choose to focus on one dancer's complete performance or observe the interplay among the screens. The extreme slow motion enables the viewer to share privileged information about the complexity of the simplest gestures, catching details that would normally escape the naked eye.

The subjects chosen for Slow Dancing are some of today’s foremost modern and classical dancers and choreographers, as well as recognized master interpreters of a range of traditional and contemporary dance forms including ballet, modern dance, and tap. The dancers represent a diversity of body types, sizes, training, styles, traditions, ages, and ethnicities.

For more, http://www.slowdancingfilms.com/media.html