DOUBLE DISTRICT © Volker Kuchelmeister
Each one of us lives and acts in this duplicated world which here, Double District dissolves.
+ and - multiply simultaneously. The destruction and resurrection of the body.
The two eyes offer the brain an image that infinitely reflects and multiplies.
Beyond sight, this image makes you experience unusual sensations within the brain.
It creates an abstract space beyond sight recognition, of the body interior and exterior.
Within a limited boundless space. In Double District, an existent illusion is a true reality.
Past presentations:
• 05 - 26 October 2018: Visions, Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels (BE)
• 09 February - 27 May 2018: The Art of Immersion II, ZKM Karlsruhe (DE)
• 08 - 24 November 2016: Grand Format Saburo Teshigawara, Bonlieu Annecy (FR)
• 09 - 16 June 2013: iCinema@ISEA2013, 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art Sydney, iCinema Scientia Facility, University of New South Wales, Kensington (AU)
• 26 October - 11 December 2011: Digitalife2, Romaeuropa Festival, Ex Gil, Roma (IT)
• 02 April - 29 May 2011: Matière-Lumière, Béthune - Capitale régionale de la culture, Le 360, Béthune (FR)
• 16 - 27 June 2009: Volcan numérique II, Le Volcan - Scène nationale du Havre (FR)
• 18 October - 10 November 2008: eLandscapes, eArts Festival, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (CN)
Direction, choreography, lighting and costume design by Saburo Teshigawara
Performed by Saburo Teshigawara and Rihoko Sato
Conceived for Sarah Kenderdine's and Jeffrey Shaw's ReACTOR environment
Developed together with Volker Kuchelmeister
Production manager, technical director, stereoscopic cinematography, video and audio post-production: Volker Kuchelmeister (iCinema)
Lighting design: Paul Nichola
Lighting technician: Rob Kelly (NIDA)
Production assistant: Sue Midgley (iCinema)
Producer: Richard Castelli - Epidemic
Co-produced by KARAS, Tokyo - Epidemic, Paris, Berlin - Le Volcan Scène nationale, Le Havre - UNSW iCinema Centre, Sydney and kindly supported by Museum Victoria.
This work was filmed using iCinema's SPHERECAM technology conceived by Jeffrey Shaw and integrated by Volker Kuchelmeister. It was shot at the National Institute for Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Sydney, and post-produced at the UNSW iCinema Centre.