Photo from Helga Lára Halldórsdóttir
Phygital Glitch
Dwelling somewhere in between, facing the forest gaze and playground maze inside an outlined space. Collective force and external source moving through the course of time.
The performance work Phygital Glitch is a collaborative project that PhD student Helga Lára Halldórsdóttir was a part of in the spring of 2022. The piece was created in collaboration with choreographer and artist Gígja Jónsdóttir and interactive composer Örlygur Steinar Arnalds. The work was done for and in collaboration with the graduating students of the contemporary dance department of The Iceland University of the Arts.
Helga’s research focuses on behavioural artefacts and here the collective developed artefacts and costumes that generate movement as musical instruments and furthermore function as a translation between fantasy and reality.
Performers // Birna Karlsdóttir, Gabriel Marling Rideout, Inga María Olsen, Jóna Hlín Elíasdóttir, Lena Margrét Jónsdóttir, Marikki Nyfors, Ragnhildur Birta Ásmundsdóttir, Rebekka Sók Þórarinsdóttir, Sóley Ólafsdóttir, Tiffany Margelin.
Choreography // Gígja Jónsdóttir in collaboration with the performers
Costume and set design // Helga Lára Halldórsdóttir
Composer // Örlygur Steinar Arnalds
Lighting design // Valdimar Jóhannsson
Dramaturgy // Nína Hjálmarsdóttir og Valdimar Jóhannsson
Stage photographer // Owen Fiene
Photo gif from Helga Lára Halldórsdóttir