NEXUS

CONCEPT:

A SHORT FILM DEPICTING THE JOURNEY OF TWO INDIVIDUALS CONNECTED TOGETHER THROUGH THE SYMBOLISMS OF ROPE -

INTERWINED AND INTERWOVEN IN THEIR PATHS : THEY PLAY ON THE EDGES OF BONDAGE AND FREEDOM. 

THIS FILM DEPICTS SUBTLE ASPECTS OF CONTROL , TRANSGRESSION , SUBMISSION AND SURRENDER CAPTURING BOTH VISIBLE OUTER TRANSFORMATIONS AND PRIVATE INNER ONES. 

THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE PERFORMANCE FEATURES TRADITIONAL MAORI INSTRUMENTS KNOWN AS TAONGA PUORO, WHICH HAVE SERVED A RANGE OF PURPOSES THROUGHOUT HISTORY , INCLUDING WARNING OF DANGER, MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY, AND COMMUNICATING WITH MAORI GODS. 

THE ROPE , ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SYMBOL IN MAORI CULTURE M SERVES AS A CONNECTION TO ANCESTORS. 

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IN TERMS OF STYLE , THE COSTUME WAS CUSTOM - MDAE FOR THIS PIECE, USING DIFFERENT COLOURS TO REPRESENT VARIOUS EMOTIONAL STATES. 
THE 3D DIGITAL PRINTED ELEMENTS ENCASING THE DANCERS FUNCTION AS A PROTECTIVE COCOON, ENABLING THEM TI GROW ABD MOVE WITHIN A STRUCTURED FRAMEWORK. 

THE ROPE IMAGERY IN THE WORK SERVES AS A DUAL PURPOSE , SUGGESTING BOTH BONDS OF CONNECTION AND BONDAGE, INSPIRED BY THE JAPANESE SHIBARI TECHNIQUES.