danu

DANU emerged from a transdisciplinary workshop led by artist Smirna Kulenovic, realised through a collaboration between artists from the MA Departments of Dance Institute (ABPU) and Interface Cultures (KUNI Linz). During the Summer Semester of 2022, each artist delved into their personal and collective artistic inquiries within the Hydrocommons of wondrous diversity, where we all flow into and out of each other.

Within this compelling concept, we partnered with a multidisciplinary team of choreographers, dancers, and visual artists to craft a sonic composition and identity that reflects our profound connection to aquatic realms.

Our creative process involved collaborative rehearsals and comprehensive feedback sessions, through which we explored various compositional approaches, crafting sonic narratives that evolved in tandem with the developing dramaturgy. To highlight the water element, we integrated an amplified aquarium into the performance, allowing the dancers to interact with the water in real-time and influence the sound dynamically.

The result was two compelling multimedia performances, ‘Lekani’, and ‘Liquiforms’, that made use of the immersive potential of the facilities of Ars Electronica’s DeepSpace 4k, tailored to the emotional timeline of the performance and accompanied the physical and visual story-telling employed simultaneously.