The Incandescent Dark

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Incandescent- emitting light; full of strong emotion

Dark - the absence of light in a place

Aperture - an opening through which light passes

Punctum - a small, distinct point; the opening of a tear duct

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Circling the nebulous territory of presence and absence, The Incandescent Dark draws on the idea of apertures and the curious potential of holes.

Imagine the upside down, outside in of Camera Obscura - that darkened room of projected reality you can stand in, yet are absent from. Or that piercing, personal sensation that arises when you look at a photograph - the provocation of feeling described by Barthes as Punctum.

The bright decay of air around flames and fireworks

Horizons of light

The darkness of distance

A life remembered in time lapse

The wonder of solitude

The concrete ephemeral

The incandescent dark.

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CONCEPT, DIRECTION & COSTUME DESIGN

Gabrielle Nankivell

MUSIC COMPOSITION

Luke Smiles / motion laboratories

COLLABORATORS & PERFORMERS

Tyrell Dulvarie, Harrison Elliott, Lilly King, Jack Lister, Lonii Garnons-Williams, Chase Clegg-Robinson

COMMISSIONED BY

Australasian Dance Collective

Photography - David Kelly