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SlowMeDown

2018
, Moving image

SlowMeDown (2018) uses material derived from various iterations of Maria Hassabi’s live installation STAGING (2017). Blending collage and post-production effects, the work builds a hyper-real frame that augments and participates in the construction of a “performative surreality.”

Performers: Jessie Gold, Hristoula Harakas, Maria Hassabi, Mickey Mahar, Paige Martin, Oisín Monaghan
Composer: Marina Rosenfeld
Sound Design: Stavros Gasparatos, Maria Hassabi
Outfits: Victoria Bartlett
Editors: Kate Abernathy, George Charisis, Alex Czetwertynski, Angelos Mantzios

DATES

2018
• EMPAC,Troy, US, (October 11,12,13, 15-20, 2018)
• Point Center for Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus, (September 21 – November 16, 2018)

CREDITS

SlowMeDown (2018) was commissioned by EMPAC / Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, with additional co-production support provided by Point Center for Contemporary Art, Nicosia.
SlowMeDown (2018) was filmed at Walker Art Center (Minneapolis); Documenta14 (Kassel); Aarhus 2017 (Aarhus); Evergreen/ Don River Valey Park (Toronto), EMPAC / Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (Troy).