Level O

Trailer Level O

Level O

Level O is an exploration of new media for the already existing theatre production ONE, created in 2021 by ShELFISH in collaboration with WERC collective. 



We have created an archive of data documenting and digitalizing live movement from one specific scene of the piece, through the use of different technological mediums. This archive serves as an illuminating tool to analyze this performance as data. By fracturing and transforming movement in a digital environment we offer the audience the chance to  experience creative freedom through interaction and manipulation with the data stored in the archive.


The question ‘do we change the outcome by measuring’ also pertains to Level O as it configures as a documentation on preservation of an isolated existence and the exposure of the many possible iterations of  movement that can be lost in a traditional real life performing space.


Director/Performer Olympia Kotopoulos about Level O:  “As an artist who works predominantly physically with movement as the communicative tool but interacts regularly with new media, I have the urge to explore and develop ways to enhance how choreography is displayed in the digital world.”

CREDITS

Direction: Olympia Kotopoulos
Dramaturgy and Assistance: Veerle Van Overloop & Judith Blankenberg
WERC Collective: Joachim Rümke, Olav Huizer, Filippas Margaritis
4K Camera: Lex Vesseur
Technical assistance: Merijn Boers

In co-production with Grand4 and Nederlandse Dansdagen.