SLOW DANCE X BUDGET GYM
Slow Dance x Budget Gym
Los Angeles, CA
Feb 2nd - 16th, 2020.
For Materials & Applications in collaboration with Stock-a-Studio
A guided performance for two participants, “SLOW DANCE x budget gym” was a participatory piece designed for Xavi Laida Aguirre’s installation [ a kit of these some parts ] x budget gym. It consisted of dual audio tracks that guided participants through individual exercises, creating a cohesive choreography within the budget gym. When ‘dancing’ performers were prompted to question the relationship between ritual and vulnerability, between individual and collective experience, and between their bodies and the gym. SLOW DANCE x budget gym was an adaptation of the piece “SLOW DANCE” (2018), leaning into the theory of [a kit] : reuse, reconstruction, and transformation as aesthetic.
