COMMUNICATION SYSTEM—2023
DATE: FEBRUARY 2023
ARTISTS: LILY TAGGART & VIVIAN LOWN
SPECS:
4 in x 4 in
24 pages
colorplan, natural, 135 gsm
loose-leaf staple binding
Out of a desire to represent how communication may manifest beyond the restrictions of written language, dancers Vivian Lown and Lily Taggart performed and illustrated an improvised movement-based conversation. In order to highlight the diversity of expression that this style of communication permits, each artist visualized their own dance steps using processes that felt most familiar to them. The initial performance was an intimate conversation that exposed the power of moving in response. Lown and Taggart moved one after the other, actively building upon the choreography of the prior while introducing elements from their own personality and perspective. While this project stemmed from an impulse to create a more fluid and inclusive form of divulgence, the end results introduced the beauty of the differences in how individuals are compelled to contort their bodies as a form of response and expression.