Dance Like a Tree is an art project aiming to deepen our relationship with natural materials. During her residency last spring in Kamiyama, Japan, Morgane de Klerk made researched cedar wood, its aspects and sonority. Among other techniques, she experimented together with interior architect Ivo Clason and locals different ways of burning wood thanks to a Japanese traditional technique called 'yaki sugi'. Transforming wood and transforming the body is the underlying core of Dance Like a Tree.
Next to the research, the works shown at WOW Amsterdam are wearable wood pieces that create sounds while being worn. These tree bark-like suits explore the ambiguity between movement and immobility while covering the body. The wearer becomes an abstracted form whose silhouette is hardly recognizable, the purpose of the costumes is to focus on the senses experienced and the way we perceive this type of animated objects.
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