This video is the latest study in my AUT (NZ) Masters in dance and video. It is based around an urban myth I am creating; that all our engagements, meetings and relations with people and places are subject to the forces of indeterminacy which set the scene for movement - movement away; departure - we are always leaving ...Will leaving make strangers of us all?I wanted to introduce a sense of small but strong drama - a tableau of clenched feeling which we can sometimes witness in public places; a sense of passion, of despair, of pathos at our fate which is to be swept up in this constant movement away from those places and people which sustain our sense of belonging. I placed the narrative inside a dark frame/format indicative of a train window - an image of the impending view. The work is interventionist in that it creates a moment of uncertainty for the busy commuters at rush-hour; what is taking place here? A quarrel? A passionate withdrawal? A charged parting? The event of leaving within the chosen day inexorably taking over ...I am indebted in this video edit to Thomas Feiner, the composer/performer of 'For Now' (released on The Opiates Revised) who has kindly given me permission to integrate his sounds with my movement.I would also like to thank the Wellington Railway Station staff for permission to carry out dance/film work in this unique station space.Please have a look at my AUT Masters in Art and Design site: http://hoststranger.blogspot.comAlso dance-tech.netThank you for your time, Mike Baker
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