Over a day, I invited people into the Void.

This hollow in the Reid building is a transient space. I projected a series of gestures to follow as a choreography. People responded in different ways.

Alicia described her feelings of discomfort when I asked her to follow the animation:

“When I was in the space and free to move however I wanted, I didn’t feel awkward. I could control my movements. As soon as I was being asked to mimic a certain movement I felt a lot more awkward. Do I have to recreate this? how to interpret this? I don’t have the freedom to use the space how I want to.”

Patrick sat on the curved benches.

The space itself was the choreographer. The camera and projector which I brought into it altered the space. Their non-bodily presence created bodily tension in some instances, and made bodies leap away in others.

I drew whilst in the space, on a scroll. I recorded the lines of the space and noted how people were inclined to move within it.  The scroll is a mobile form of drawing, with its own choreography. Each gesture on the scroll can become in turn a prompt for movement. I am fascinated by dance notation, and where graphic design meets movement practise.

Moving Space is a living archive of movement. The site is multisensory: the way that we move is via our senses. They tell us about where we are in space, and what is going on in the spaces of our bodies.

As a living archive, it is an active and reflective space. I invite people to share films and writings. This community will grow the site.

The design is informed by the scroll. A paper scroll rolls. It furls, and unfurls, it crumples, it folds. It continues, it connects, it contains. I interpret this with the digital scrolling action.

You are welcome to move.