A transdisciplinary performance situated as a contemporary research of traditional Dervish Dance methods. The process of repetitive whirling in traditional Dervish Dance extends into an experimental, novel and spontaneous movement vocabulary that attempts to embody the relationship between diffraction, memory and vulnerability in human-non-human materialities. The processual employment of dance, movement, vocalisation or dance-like movement becomes a form of inquiry, rooted in personal documentary approaches done by each participating artist – in performing care.
At Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Post-Dervish Chant is shown in Deep Space.
Smirna Kulenović (*1994, BA) is a transdisciplinary artist, activist and researcher with a background in theatre, performance art and philosophy. Her practice currently focuses on performance, participatory art, and public art — as methods of addressing cultural, personal and environmental embodiments of memory. Her nomadic project TAZ 22 is a transient collective for spontaneous movement research in context, working with different international artists and settings each time it emerges. It currently grounds itself in Linz, in collaboration with local dancers, performers, musicians and sound artists.
Indiara Di Benedetto (*1994) is an experimental media artist with a main background in video art, photography and visual communication. Her practice is based on unconventional projection surfaces, immaterial-material connections, planned obsolescence and human relationships in the context of technology. Her recent artistic research focuses on the transdisciplinary approach between interactive art, technology, science, archaeology and bio art in relation to memory and mnemonic practices applied to storytelling and narratives.
Interface Cultures Exhibition - Ars Electronica Festival 2021
