“soft animal of your body” 

Prof. Annika Larsson


Vera Shchelkina


Reza Ghadyani

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1-3 DEC 2025 (KESSELHAUS, EXPERIMANTALRAUM)

12-14 JAN 2026 (KESSELHAUS, EXPERIMANTALRAUM)

4-6 FEB 2026 (UFERSTUDIOS, BERLIN)

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As a choreographer, I love working with Isadora TroikaTronix, because it has so many hidden secrets and highlights that challenge my conception of vision as I know it.

We are focused on human perception of the world - because obviously, we are humans. But the evolution of the eye went through so many interesting and unexpected turns, that it would be a shame to forget about them.

So I would love to bring this conceptual framework into this class:

Isadora will be not a technical projection tool but our partner in perception.

We will let Isadora act as a prosthetic eye, translating our bodies into other-than-human images.

We will get bodily inputs, look through different modulations of animal vision, try it out on ourselves with the help of Isadora tools, in a way, sense through our altered vision.

Tools that we are going to use:

Live Camera Input

Low Resolution Filters of a captured image

Infrared or Threshold effects

Motion Tracking

Limited Spectrum Filters

Multilayered overlays

Distortion Filters

Sound-Image Linking

And maybe so many more!

Each tool can become a score for perception, for example:

How do I move if my partner only sees me as heat, as shadow, as blur, as afterimage?

Each tool might help us shift their kinaesthetic imagination — away from the human gaze, toward animal sensing.

The projection becomes a mirror of a non-human viewpoint — you see yourself re-mapped through other perceptual logics.

What is going to happen technically?

We are going to have 2 hours of input, and then let you explore with the groups yourself for 2-3 days. In the end of each block the groups are going to share their results.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Best regards

Vera

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