Commissioned by Serendipity Arts Foundation for Serendipity Arts Festival 2024
Created on the streets of the city of Panjim, Around the Corner, Goa is a dance film that uses the city as its inspiration but whose abstract narrative is pushed forward by the relationship between two protagonists and their encounters with each other on the streets. Around the corner, Goa is a dialogue between two dancers as they navigate the streets of Goa into their body. As they are guided and influenced by Goa’s architecture and the bustling streets of the people themselves, they create a physical dialogue that taps into the subconscious heartbeat of Goa itself.
Conceptualised as part of The Labour and Leisure Chronicles.
The Labour and Leisure Chronicles sets out to map the dynamics of chosen public sites in the city of Panjim by introducing performative interactions in response to their characteristics. It places at the forefront the idea of space as a changing phenomenon, defined not only by geographical terrain or architectural detail, but also by the actions it witnesses. In four distinct propositions, The Labour and Leisure Chronicles capture the overlap between functional life and the play of leisure.
CREDITS:
Artists:
Davis Freeman
Sharan Devkar Shankar
Visual and Technical Design:
Pravin Kannanur
About the artists:
Davis Freeman, an American artist based in Brussels, creates contemporary theater, dance, photo/video installations, and curatorial projects focused on political issues and ecological advocacy.
Sharan Devkar Shankar is a photographer and cinematographer whose work aims to look at the relationships between people in a shared space and time, as well as with their built environment.
Founding member of the Tamil theatre company, Magic Lantern, and the art collective Basement 21, Pravin Kannanur is a multidisciplinary artist, working predominantly in the visual arts, theatre and contemporary dance.
