The womb is the universal place of human becoming and simultaneously the universal place of encounter with an other: in this case mother. Every human being would never know existence if they firstly did not know their own frailty and another’s strength to care for that frailty.

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Such an ontological reality occurs within the immersive environment of water or the amniotic fluid. This project uses the projection software Isadora to recreate a water-immersive environment based on a background of videos showing water’s surface from a submerged perspective. Against such a background two dancers will dance highlighting the humanness of both frailty and strength. The score employs water sounds that will interact with the projected media in real time.

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Not only music and dance but also visual art is merged through technology in order to bring forth a sense of place only accessible to the audience through the merging of these mediums. 

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Choreographer and projection creation: Davis Stumberg

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*note: due to complications during the performance, video quality was unusable. Therefore, the video below showcases a rehearsal of Unspeakable Fragility with the live performance audio superimposed over the video.