Une eau la nuit (Bodies of water)

The VR film Une eau la nuit invites you to hold your breath and let yourself be transported and transformed by water in the company of curious individuals. As night falls, they invade a public swimming pool. These bodies of water, immersed in the watery mass, transgress the limits of their natural environment and metamorphose. They then engage in a contemporary dance that reveals them differently. The aquatic environment makes them supple and light, but also vulnerable and combative. This poetic mass, encompassing and suffocating, unites, separates, and constitutes them. Une eau la nuit explores the transformation of human bodies as they interact with water—a fluid and adaptable medium that simultaneously presents resistance. It takes you underwater for an immersive experience that unfolds an uncommon and otherwise inaccessible contemporary dance.

A great deal of technological research went into creating this work to transport you into complete immersion. Une eau la nuit explores water as a vehicle for transforming the body. This work emerged from transforming the dance studio into a swimming pool and taming water. Water allows us to overcome or even reverse certain constraints usually imposed on the body, notably gravity. We were interested in this buoyancy and the efforts made to compensate for its effects. We couldn’t dream of a better world premiere for the work than being surrounded by all those bodies of water that make Venice what it is.

PRODUCTION: Laurence Wells, Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Line Sander Egede, Irène Bessone - art et essai
7255 Rue Alexandra
H2R 2Y9, Montréal, Canada
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wells@artetessai.ca
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PRESS OFFICE: Laurence Wells - art et essai
7255 Rue Alexandra
H2R 2Y9, Montréal, Canada
Tel. 1 4185405052
wells@artetessai.ca