Josephine Starrs, Leon Cmielewski: Dancing with Drones

Title:

Dancing with Drones

Artist(s):

• Josephine Starrs
• Leon Cmielewski

Symposium:

• ISEA2015: 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• Simon Fraser University

Creation Year:

2014

Medium:

Video Installation

Artist Statement:

Dancing with Drones is a two channel video installation that explores the normalization of drone warfare and surveillance. In this work Starrs and Cmielewski use drones to capture still and moving images of a dancer performing within landscapes that are in crisis due to climate change. The figure exhibits a range of emotions, including curiousity, agitation, and resignation, in response to the persistently intrusive drone.

Video:

Dancing with Drones by Josephine Starrs & Leon Cmielewski from Josephine Starrs on Vimeo.

Website:

http://josephinestarrs.com/lx/?page_id=86

• Text with images (PDF) p. 74

Category:

• Art Exhibition
• Video/Animation Installation