UN-retained

Introduction

Bodies - floating and plopping about 10 metres high between buildings in a noisy city centre. Timeless, weightless. We stand still and look up. Naturally, we breathe with the breathless apparitions. Then they dissolve into the vacuum.

UN-retained is a poetic visual story that brings stillness to an overwhelming world. It offers a subtle narrative in image and sound that makes us forget time, space and gravity; it slows down our heartbeat and immerses us in a universe of carefreeness. An experience that both overwhelms and invites contemplation: a spectacle of calm and restraint. Grand and intimate at the same time.

UN-retained is a video mapping installation by choreographer Sabine Molenaar in collaboration with multimedia artist and visual artist Gertjan Biasino and composer Jochem Baelus. In synergy with dance, audiovisual production and public space, digital techniques such as screen mapping and holographic projection support in UN-retained a timeless and weightless story of humanity.

Premiere	2019
Concept & choreography	Sabine Molenaar
Technical concept	Gertjan Biasino
Sound artist	Jochem Baelus
Performers	Gunther Polle, Corentin Dockx, Thierry Dockx, An Meirsman, Thibault Dockx, Sabine Molenaar + Umiko Dockx Molenaar
Freediving advice	Thibault Dockx
Production manager	Filip Carpenter
Camera	Alexandra Brixy
Camera assistant	Adrien Lengard
Camera 2	Wim Michels
Safety freediving	Jeroen van Haudt
Post-production/video mapping	Gerjan Biasino
Dramaturgical advice	Nienke Rooijakkers
Production	Sandman
Executive producer	DansBrabant & Kosmonaut
Co-production	DansBrabant & GLOW Eindhoven
With support from	Cinediving, Beamsystems, Fonds Podiumkunsten & Deja! Production
Made possible by	Grensverleggers, scheme to support cultural collaborations between parties in Flanders, the Province of North Brabant, the Province of Limburg and the Province of Zeeland.
More info	www.sandman.nl