Video Installation 2011
Running Time: Continuous
Tiffany Trenda's Body Study II is a modern interpretation of Oskar Schlemmer’s 1927 Triadic Ballet. In the original work, “Triadic” refers to three: three dancers, three colors, and three acts. In Trenda’s, it refers to the composition where three areas are sectioned off. The costumes again resonate the effects of the original, with a garment design built out of a cylinder and other circular shapes.
Trenda's work is part of a series that combines the language of dance and film. We interpret these two mediums through movement, time, and space but Trenda offers a new language to be explored by projecting onto the body. That is, the body becomes a surface for projection, a screen, while the video becomes an embellishment for the body creating another layer of information.
Sound design was provided by Joseph Bishara and the ballet dancer is Jasmine Ejan. Special Thanks to Victor Solomon.