Future Dance of Nostalgia
2022
interactive media
video game
performance
What kind of movements were once embedded in our collective body at work? how do we preserve the body movements and restore our moving bodies as the living archives?
Taking the form of classic video dancing games, Future Dance of Nostalgia invites audience to perform the choreography that extracts the movements found in the pre-industrial manual labour. Motion tracking technology allows the body movements to be measured and evaluated. Historical archives of work songs provide the inspiration for the music that renders the old tales and melodies into clubbing beats that lead the dance.
Through ethnographic research into work songs and the moving body, the project draws much needed attention to alternative historical archives of our times. The gaming technology, visual, and music, bring people closer to the past through a tangible and modern experience. The work also brings fun and togetherness to audience through public participatory dance sessions and interactive gameplay.
Taking the form of classic video dancing games, Future Dance of Nostalgia invites audience to perform the choreography that extracts the movements found in the pre-industrial manual labour. Motion tracking technology allows the body movements to be measured and evaluated. Historical archives of work songs provide the inspiration for the music that renders the old tales and melodies into clubbing beats that lead the dance.
Through ethnographic research into work songs and the moving body, the project draws much needed attention to alternative historical archives of our times. The gaming technology, visual, and music, bring people closer to the past through a tangible and modern experience. The work also brings fun and togetherness to audience through public participatory dance sessions and interactive gameplay.
Credits:
performance:
Ludmila Rodrigues
Game development:
Leonardo Scarin
videography, 3D:
Pedro Gossler
Music production:
Rachwill Breide
Sound mixing:
Dima Ibrahim
supported by:
iii (Instrument inventors initiative)
Presentation
2025.6.12~14
Fira de Barcelona
Barcelona, ES
exhibition
Sónar Festival: Sónar+D
2023.1.20~21
Sugar Pop Institute x Boring Festival
Haarlem, NL
exhibition
Boring Festival
2022.11.24~27
Student International Film Festival
Rijeka, HR
exhibition
2022.10.11
Keilepand
Rotterdam, NL
performance
Stimuleringsfonds 10 year anniversary
2022.9.21~25
MATADERO
Madrid, ES
performance
L.E.V Festival
2022.6.9~11
HFBK
Hamburg, DE
talk, performance
2022.5.19~22
WORM
Rotterdam, NL
exhibition, performance
TecArt
2022.4.8~10
Rewire Festival, Amare
The Hague, NL
exhibition, performance
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