Cryptic triptych
This project is a collaborative exploration of interpretation across art forms. Along the lines of broken telephone or exquisite corpse, the artists build off of one another's offering, translating it into a different art form. A painting comes alive in dance, and dance transforms into poetry. What remains of the original offering in the end? What has changed?
Scroll down to meet the artists and explore the works.
The Artists
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Visual Art
Bucko (Chris Binkowski)
I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Ottawa, Canada. I perform synth-based electronic music using an iPhone and a custom sound system mounted on my power wheelchair. I’ve created massive abstract acrylic paintings on raw canvas spanning up to seven by nine feet. I share digital paintings with poetic titles on Instagram. My name is Chris Binkowski and I sign my work as Bucko...
Dance Video
Allison Elizabeth Burns
Allison is a compassionate performing arts professional with a strong commitment to public engagement in dance. She is a choreographer, performer, educator, and producer based in Ottawa. As a passionate dance advocate, she promotes dance awareness and comprehension. Allison has choreographed and performed in multidisciplinary projects, plays, videos, dance works, and commissions...
Poetic Captions and
Audio Interpretation
Maria-Hélèna Pacelli, B.F.A., M.A.
MH is a community organizer, visual artist, writer, singer/songwriter, popular educator and yoga teacher. Her work as an artist and activist has inspired current graduate research on political theatre and the intersections between art and social transformation and informed her practice in the art world as well as her interest in social movements, transformation and relevant political issues...
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surrendering to the celestial wisdom of the elders (unprocessed)
by Bucko (Chris Binkowski), June 3, 2021
Image Description: A tall abstract image created with bold colours. At the top is an intense red that, traveling downwards, fades to a crisp horizontal white line tiled down on the right. Purple and blue are introduced in soft halos above a triangular taupe shape sitting in deep red. The shape has a tail that moves further down into a burst of yellow surrounded by the red and some purple. The bottom of the image is red with soft white corners.
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Surrender and Remember With Every Fiber
by Allison Elizabeth Burns, June 2021
The Artwork
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Twirling Fabric
by Maria-Hélèna Pacelli, August 2021
The video begins
Red screen
Red screen
A shape appears
It looks like a face
It's a veiled face
From the front
Then from the side
Then from the front again
I hear a note
The person’s eyes are closed
Then they open
Close up
Fabric begins to drop
Red veil
The veil fades
As I look closer
Shoulders roll back
Filter fades to white
One shoulder
The other shoulder rolls back
Chin up
Shoulder back
Shoulder back
Music is sensual
Movements are sensual
Red
Purple
Blue fabrics
Movements flow
Open arms
Hug yourself
Purple fabric covers the screen
A figure dressed in red holding blue and purple fabric
Makes circles with their upper body
In one direction
The other direction
Drawing the head back
Drawing hands around themselves
Circles with the head
Circles with the body
Red
Purple
Green
White background
Red dress
Arms circling, circling, circling…
Around to one side
Around to the other side
Twisting fabric
Overlap faded fabric
Purple
Blue
White background
Twirling, twirling fabric
Bringing fabric to the heart centre, drawing it up
The figure in the red dress holds hands by the heart centre
Beating heart
Beating heart expands
Mimicking the beating heart with the hands
Red
Purple
Blue
White background
A pregnant body appears in a white dress
Moving arms
Then moving hands
Slow movements
Twisting
Flowing
Moving hands and forearms
Overlapping figure
Slow movements
In one direction
Hands like small butterfly wings
Then folding over one another
Twirling body
Twirling hands
Drawing circles with the arms
Flowing in one direction
The figure has a tattoo on her back
She begins to move faster
Arms like a bird
The music…
Is sensual
Peaceful
Inspiring
Uplifting
White dress
White background
Hair tied back
Purple fabric
Blue fabric
Overlapping video frames with hands
Beating heart
Movement
Movement
Purple
Blue
And white
Dressed in blue
Hands come together
The video fades
To white