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IMAGO is a science-fiction series of dance short films. I had the pleasure of watching the two chapters you have made so far: “Orientation” and “Symmetry”. I have to say that, in my opinion, there are amazing! It was the first time where I could see screendance applied in sci-fi without trespassing into the experimental video. Have I missed anything?
Thank you for your kind words.
Obviously, sci-fi and mystery are major influences as genres. However, especially with Symmetry, there also exists a rather convoluted mode of storytelling, or rather idea-conveying. In exploring the thematic connotations that we established in Orientation and continued in Symmetry, we tried to construct a kind of semiotic web, on top of which we applied the visual narrative. So, there is a lot of metaphor theory involved, lots of intrinsic references, a number of threads to be unravelled.
That said, we wanted Imago to be multi-layered, that is, not to be completely incomprehensible if not 100% decoded with the first viewing. We wanted the viewer to feel drawn into this mystery world, where ideas come to life.