These hands are still at work has been re-launched on the Surrey City Centre Library. Running now until April 7th ‼️
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These hands are still at work is a collaborative, large-scale video work by media artist Nancy Lee and choreographer, dancer, and actor Simran Sachar. Nancy’s current research interests include surveillance, tech ethics, and platformization of society. Simran’s current research interests include distortion, disappearance, return, and reintegration into community. In their project, migration manifests as an ancient, genetic, rhythmic response for survival. For the artists, migration is movement, movement is change, and change is the only constant. In These hands are still at work, the rhythm of movement becomes the rhythm of labour. The mundane labour of someone else’s life forms the foundation of our leisure. Nancy and Simran introduce to you Lauren and Nova, two AI assistants who are changing the patterns of migration. This project is an original commission by FORM (Festival of Recorded Movement) in partnership with Surrey Art Gallery, as part of the Kinesthesia fall exhibition series.
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Credits:
Director, Editor, Designer: Nancy Lee
@whichnancy
Director, Choreographer, Actor: Simran Sachar
@simziez
VFX: Ian Nakamoto
@iannakamoto
Production Assistant, Grip, and BTS documentation: Alger Liang
@algerliang
Make-Up Artist and Hair: Sophia Sosa
@sophiaa.sosa
On site documentation:
@byron_cameraman @whichnancy