//Dreamlands\\ | installation and performance | Ideal Glass, NYC | 2018

In the installation //Dreamlands\\, TESTU transformed Ideal Glass's 5,000 sq. ft. W. 8th street venue into an environment for audiences to navigate and experience multi sensory performances.  Architectural elements were used as elastic screens for sculptural projections by artist Toru Izumida. A human scale polarizing filter commonly used in aerospace, engineering, and optics created a screen where two performers Yoko Murakami and Maki Kitahara scraped, stretched, and modified plastic films revealing birefringent bursts of color. Azumi O E’s audio reactive performance used live recordings from contact mics placed in her mouth to generate live video projection that highlighted her movements. Lastly Second Skin, a live performance of "human projection mapping" where two dancers, Maki Kitahara and Yoko Murakami manipulate textural video of chemical and magnetic reactions with their slowly fluctuating body movements.

Creative concept by Testu Collective @testucollective

Movement by Yoko Murakami @yokoteki

Movement by Maki Kitahara @maki_k_01

Movement by Azumi OE @azumioooe

Live Audiovisual set by Toru Izumida @toruizumida

Sound by Serena Stucke @serenastucke

Visuals by Dan Tesene @dantesene