RHYTHM OF A BODY (2016)
performance 20 mins
credits
conception, realisation and performance/ Maria Luigia Gioffrè
technicians (sound) / Giuseppe Tripodi
sound recording / studio medico dr. Tommaso Gioffrè - gynecologist
photo courtesy/ Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
shows
Zurich meets London 2016
a shared project by Zurich University of Arts and Cabaret Voltaire, curated by Adrian Notz (May 2016, London, UK)
digital archives
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Switzerland)
A 15 mins sound-based performance that sets movement in relation to an heartbeat human sound. A performer follows the rhythm of the heartbeat by moving while wrapped in a sense of constrain and embrace. The body responds to simoultaneous sounds recorded from both pregnant women and their fetus captured in volunteers pregnant women through an electrocardiograph.