Body of Goodbyes
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The final part of the homonymous tryptic is a climax, built around the search of the physical body.
As we “moved on” in the second part, we now came to a bold conclusion: We have to love our own body and take care of it as it is the most important physical part of our human existence. Unfortunately society is taking it’s toll when we don’t set our own boundaries.
As we researched the boundaries for the vessel of our soul, Aniq came up with the idea of a manufactured body which has to go through an assembly line in a factory.
During her research she got inspired by the Russian constructivists, who also worked with industrial, factory-like settings. Diving into this subject, she found out that there were many common grounds to dig into. For example the graphic and minimalistic style which was used in costumes (Varvara Stepanova/ Lyubov Popova) and scenography (Vladimir Tatlin, Alexandr Rodchenko).
But also the interesting constructivistic movements in dance became an influence for the choreographer of this piece, Marijke de Vos. Through the process, more and more references of Russian constructivism arose.
Photography by: Mihai Gui