Seducing a Satellite
Music Video + Artwork
Director: Sara Simon
Art Director: Natalie Rubio
As art director, my role included creating the visual language of the markings and the markings themselves.
This included not compromising the results of the performance by creating a physical boarder. I coordinated the supply of material to the performer throughout the dance and kept track of the shotlist to establish which parts of the drawing had been revealed. I led communication with the drone videographer to determine the 25 square meter zone in aerial and translate to real scale.
PERFORMANCE FOR AN ORBITAL MACHINE.
This project explores the possibility of
developing an ephemeral, visual
dialogue with
Earth observing satellites.
It is a quiet request to be seen. It’s an
invitation to calibrate, however briefly, to
the same frequency.
TEMPORARY MARKS
These forms were made through movement and dance using the body to place and connect with the land. Seen at the scale of the Earth, they mark the dataset with their impermanance. The contrasting drawing material of biochar against the dried up lake bed contains burnt coconut and waste biomass; a material used for soil ammendment and carbon sequestration that is non-toxic and will
intentionally erode and fade over time.