In my transdisciplinary project, Memories From the Future-Video Intallation, I explored a very personal area, addressing themes of cultural heritage and how it carries us through time.
The work includes elements of artificial intelligence, and butoh dance, a powerful and expressive dance, playing a central role, being also a premiere on the Timisoara dance scene. It has allowed me to delve into a language of movement unlike anything I have explored before, and the experience has developed me both as an artist and as a human being.
I like to think of the installation as a kind of contemporary remix, an echo of my work in Remix ID, where I document and reinterpret the traditions of Timisoara's ethnic groups. In Memories From the Future, I was able to showcase a unique form of expression, blending the lived experiences with technology and tradition. It was a real challenge to coordinate this project and find connections between dance and AI, but the emotional impact of the creation was a reward in itself.
The project was included in important events, such as the Researchers' Night at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, due to its experimental nature. It had more than 200 visitors in one night, and in the White Night of Galleries we received direct feedback and open dialog with the public interested in the technical and artistic aspects. I like to think of the installation as a kind of contemporary "remix".
The fact that the project can be accessed online, by demand only, encourages me to take this work further and present it in new spaces, bringing up themes of cultural tolerance and international belonging.
Credits
Memories Form The Future- Video Installation by Olga Török
Part 1 Imprint In My Bones
Part 2 Ethnic Mountain
Part 3 Imprint In My Chip
Date 28.09-5-10.2024
Location MV- Sci Art Center Timisoara
A Remix ID project, financed by Centrul de Proiecte Timisoara through Energie! Grants
directed and performed by Olga Török
camera Hunor von Horvath and Corina Fratuțescu
editing and sound Hunor Horvath and Olga Török
vocal guidance- Eugenia Vargas
performer "Ethnic Mountain" Török Silvia Török
assistant Daniel Ghidel
moderator Artist Talk Cristian Vicol
graphic support Josépha Blanchet
all around support Mirela Stoeac-Vladuti
Music used in "Ethnic Mountain"
Mamă, mamă- Băban Ileana, Roma ethnicity
Whistle- Szabo Bela, Hungarian ethnicity
Dancing song- Marijka Buniov, Bulgarian ethnicity
Nada& Dragan- Ciobane, Serbian ethnicity
Olga Török voice
Special thanks
Edith Singer from the Banater Rosmarein ensemble
Andreea Crîstici Barc from the Serbian ensemble AKUD "Mladost" Temišvar
Simonfi Noémi from the Hungarian ensemble Butykos Néptánccsoport
Nadia Shehabi from the Bulgarian ensemble Slavjak
Stefan Carpanu executive manager Lipoplast
This artistic creation was realized through a grant Energie! Creative grants, awarded by the Municipality of Timisoara, through the Timisoara Project Center. The creation does not necessarily represent the position of the Timișoara Project Center, and it is not responsible for its content or how it may be used.
The work includes elements of artificial intelligence, and butoh dance, a powerful and expressive dance, playing a central role, being also a premiere on the Timisoara dance scene. It has allowed me to delve into a language of movement unlike anything I have explored before, and the experience has developed me both as an artist and as a human being.
I like to think of the installation as a kind of contemporary remix, an echo of my work in Remix ID, where I document and reinterpret the traditions of Timisoara's ethnic groups. In Memories From the Future, I was able to showcase a unique form of expression, blending the lived experiences with technology and tradition. It was a real challenge to coordinate this project and find connections between dance and AI, but the emotional impact of the creation was a reward in itself.
The project was included in important events, such as the Researchers' Night at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, due to its experimental nature. It had more than 200 visitors in one night, and in the White Night of Galleries we received direct feedback and open dialog with the public interested in the technical and artistic aspects. I like to think of the installation as a kind of contemporary "remix".
The fact that the project can be accessed online, by demand only, encourages me to take this work further and present it in new spaces, bringing up themes of cultural tolerance and international belonging.
Credits
Memories Form The Future- Video Installation by Olga Török
Part 1 Imprint In My Bones
Part 2 Ethnic Mountain
Part 3 Imprint In My Chip
Date 28.09-5-10.2024
Location MV- Sci Art Center Timisoara
A Remix ID project, financed by Centrul de Proiecte Timisoara through Energie! Grants
directed and performed by Olga Török
camera Hunor von Horvath and Corina Fratuțescu
editing and sound Hunor Horvath and Olga Török
vocal guidance- Eugenia Vargas
performer "Ethnic Mountain" Török Silvia Török
assistant Daniel Ghidel
moderator Artist Talk Cristian Vicol
graphic support Josépha Blanchet
all around support Mirela Stoeac-Vladuti
Music used in "Ethnic Mountain"
Mamă, mamă- Băban Ileana, Roma ethnicity
Whistle- Szabo Bela, Hungarian ethnicity
Dancing song- Marijka Buniov, Bulgarian ethnicity
Nada& Dragan- Ciobane, Serbian ethnicity
Olga Török voice
Special thanks
Edith Singer from the Banater Rosmarein ensemble
Andreea Crîstici Barc from the Serbian ensemble AKUD "Mladost" Temišvar
Simonfi Noémi from the Hungarian ensemble Butykos Néptánccsoport
Nadia Shehabi from the Bulgarian ensemble Slavjak
Stefan Carpanu executive manager Lipoplast
This artistic creation was realized through a grant Energie! Creative grants, awarded by the Municipality of Timisoara, through the Timisoara Project Center. The creation does not necessarily represent the position of the Timișoara Project Center, and it is not responsible for its content or how it may be used.
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