Mother is a transdisciplinary project dedicated to the yin aspects of existence.
At Oxbow Paige Barnes explored the expression of the body’s interior landscapes through pulse, dance, sound, and video with community participants.
Using acupuncture's pulse listening method, Paige felt participants’ pulse and responded by giving a personalized elemental message.
Using a sensor, composer David Siah transcribed the message into a soundscape. The sound accompanied projected dance videos of elemental creatures. The creatures personified the participants’ pulse in visual form.
With bassist Evan Flory Barnes, Paige transformed the pulse recordings and projected elemental creatures into a live dance performance expressing Mother - a sacred yin aspect of existence.
MOTHER
Mother continues to grow and evolve, exploring how to honor the yin aspects of life through dance and health centered experiences.
Mother
by Paige Barnes
Oxbow
Artist in Residence
July, 2019
Director, Choreographer, Video: Paige Barnes
Computer Scientist, Sound Designer: David Siah
Light Artist: Amiya Brown
Costume Artist: Danielle Blackwell
Video Installation Designer: Leo Mayberry
Musician: Evan Flory-Barnes
Mother
Artist in Residence, Oxbow 2019
Director, Dance Composition, Video: Paige Barnes
Computer Scientist, Sound Design: David Siah
Light Artist: Amiya Brown
Costume Artist: Danielle Blackwell
Video Design: Leo Mayberry
Musician: Evan Flory-Barnes
Dancer: Nadia Losonsky
Poet: Vanessa DeWolf