(Un)forbidden pleasures by Enes Guc and Evelyn Bencicova
commisioned project for Dance Prague

Directed and scanned before the outbreak of Covid-19 we wanted to capture the power of dance, human interaction and connection. All post-production, in the case modelling the 3D, happened during the lockdown, when we already knew that the festival we created the work for, is not going to unfold in planned range.
Suddenly the context of the visual, or rather of this entire topic changed so radically! We realised that this feeling of closeness can be recreated only digitally, what was our initial intention anyway but suddenly the choice transformed to be the only way, an obligation. At the same time, it opened many questions for us:
How is the image of unprotected touch seen during the pandemic? Is it inappropriate to show close physical contact that is to a large extend forbidden these days? Is it enough that we connect digitally? And can these virtual bodies or selfs replace for uncertain period real tactile sensations? Will the time of isolation influence our view on intimacy? What are the effects and after-effects of what we are going through in art and in everyday life?

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