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TitleCarbon dating angelsDate2009SubjectDance FilmDescription
The idea of “carbon dating angels” suggests a search for origins, and by extension meaning or truth, in that which is beyond the realms of scientific enquiry. This piece appropriates the controlled and precise movement vocabulary of archive x-ray films in an intriguing, yet impenetrable ritual of choreographed movement. Just as pioneering work in x-ray cinematography opened up a new visual perspective, this film alludes to ways of knowing that are at once buried and revealed.
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The ReelDance Archive was developed by ReelDance Inc. with support from Arts NSW, Australia Council for the Arts and Performance Space.
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