Project Details
MAP OF LOVE / Video Series & Interactive Installation
Collection of 12 videos (dance films & video art)
©CLG/2014 - 2021
Commissioned by SPACE Gallery, a project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the 2014 Pittsburgh Biennial.
This is a multimedia project that takes us on a journey through an imaginary country called 'Tendre'. This is a vast territory occupied by villages where people decide to live their lives. A few fortunate ones settle in towns such as Tenderness, while others decide to live with a view of the Lake of Indifference.
With this piece I was particularly interested in highlighting the creative process as it was developing, therefore the project was ‘in-progress’ for seven years (2014 - 2021). Initially commissioned as part of the 2014 Pittsburgh Biennial, several performances were scheduled between September 26th and November 9th of 2014, while the biennial was taking place across various galleries and museums in the city of Pittsburgh. These performances were videotaped during the biennial and edited over the next seven years. As they were completed, I uploaded them to the dedicated website for the project. Each of these videos is an exploration of one of the towns on the map of love, as it was imagined and drawn by Madeleine de Scudéry in 1654.
During the biennial, the piece was on display at SPACE Gallery as an interactive installation, where viewers could activate different parts of the map on a website and watch the different videos as they were being uploaded to the site.
Many artists (dancers, choreographers, musicians, cinematographers, poets) collaborated with me on this project. For a full list of videos and collaborators, please visit the website for MAP OF LOVE.
All videos available at the MAP OF LOVE Vimeo Channel.