Cocoon
2023
performancevideo
Ivy Tanit & Victoria Gentsch
on screen at the first Käferklause festival with workshops, performances, concerts and lectures, Dresden, Oct 20 - 23, 2023
supported by ProPieschen e.V.
A ghostly figure delicately wraps a calm human onto the outstretched limbs of a tree branch. As the looping video progresses, the ghostly presence maneuvers pieces of translucent cloth and envelops the human form into that of a cocoon. The inverted play of light and shadow adds strange surroundings to the composition, casting subtle patterns and textures as from another world beyond daily reality. The video invites contemplation and exploration of the human connection to nature, other living creatures and interconnectedness to inner states of body, psyche and feelings.