The Intimacy Chronicles: Boxes and Curves Inspiration

Heima is the Sigur Ros movie that inspired my boxes and curves improv

take a look it is beautiful music and beautiful videography

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3

My Nugget of Presence

here is the phrase created for my nugget of presence, I plan on speaking french phrases at the end when the hands move towards the ears and drop. To read the ideas behind the phrase see posts Presence and Presence 2

A couple of the movements are inspired by other things as well. The hand follows the veins on the inside of the arm comes from a line of poetry my friend Corey wrote while in France. And the head nuzzle on the shoulder and the hand that curls to a fist comes from a guy I knew in France as well.

Music by Sigur Ros

Enjoy

Nugget of Presence from Lauren Chertudi on Vimeo.

Soundtrack

I LOVE Sigur Ros more than I can explain, but I'll try. It is the type of music I envision in my head during important moments of my life, sort of like a personal soundtrack. It is a bit of everything.

Jonsi (who has a solo album coming out that I am super excited for) has an angelic voice so that even though I don't understand the words, it doesn't matter.

I have been in several dance pieces choreographed to Sigur Ros music and it is completely understandable. The music is complex and takes you on a journey. I love the use of instruments and rhythms along with Jonsi's voice.

Sigur Ros - Við spilum endalaust - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

A trip across Paris in a van. Lost drumsticks. A cafe you'd never expect to visit before the age of 60. An hour of waiting, and then, voilà--a few notes on the harmonium, a grand piano, a heavenly voice. Sigur Ros on a Take Away Show.
http://www.blogotheque.net/Sigur-Ros,4783

Une traversée de Paris en van. Des baguettes oubliées. Un café qu'on n'imaginait pas visiter avant nos soixante ans. Une heure d'attente, puis voilà, quelques notes d'harmonium, un grand piano, une voix céleste.
http://www.blogotheque.net/Sigur-Ros,4782

Images : Vincent Moon
Production : Chryde
Editing : Nat
Sound : Ludovic Morin / François Clos

The Intimacy Chronicles: Boxes and Curves

Part 2 of the Intimacy Chronicles

This stems from watching the Sigur Ros documentary Heima on youtube (it means "at home" in Icelandic) while in France. The scenery of Iceland was so beautiful and moving, it reminded me of the travels I was doing at the time in Europe. I was playing with the idea of distinct dynamics of movement and the idea of a box and body curve. Hence the title boxes and curves.

This piece is an improvisation of a phrase I was playing with and the piece is focused on imagery not so much feeling or story like the first section. Music by Sigur Ros from the movie Heima

The Intimacy Chronicles: boxes and curves

The Intimacy Chronicles: Boxes and Curves from Lauren Chertudi on Vimeo.