The performance takes place on an abandoned rooftop set as an alternative world by fabric intervention. Sound recordings guide the journey, starting with singing birds and footsteps on grass, then interrupted by the engine of a sewing machine and followed by a self-reflective poem in voiceover.

The video begins with overlapped textiles in movement set by the wind — collaged with a pierced wall from where fabric starts to emerge and take over the whole screen. The see-through tulle fabric transitions into a large rectangular thin foam that has been decorated with textile leftovers in an organic manner — creating curves and colorful clusters of the matter. This material hangs from an invisible thread and covers the body of the Dominican woman who is dancing — leaving only visible her extending arms and hands bending from side to side and reaching towards the sky.

As the film progresses, it dives deeper into the alternative world — where see-through and foamy fabric vases emerge from the pipes. It is after this scene that we finally see the dancer through a reflective sphere — who has been born out of these pipes and is homaging her creators with an energetic arm movement. The female dancer wears a stiff yellow dress with a see-through vase insert on the left side of her body. She then starts collecting unknown matter from the pipes that she takes on with her as she transitions into a lonely world inhabited only by pipes. She holds the fabric in her arms and tries to blend into it with soft poetic movements. Finally, she disappears leaving her crafted world to stay with the wind.

This film reflects the relationship of a dancer and her textiles, showing the tension between a mutual power struggle and a nurturing and inspiring relationship.

Karla DiPuglia

2021. Video. 6 minutes 18 seconds. Video described by the artist.