LoopCurrent is an in-progress performance installation that imagines humanity's environmental impact on the planet and the irrevocably altered future. Through movement, sound, video, and textiles, LoopCurrent envisions a world unearthed by our future selves and wonders what the relics of that time will be.
LoopCurrent includes autonomous prints, video and textiles which are represented below.
The first iteration of LoopCurrent was developed during a residency at ART LAB Wyspa/Wyspa Progress Foundation and was made possible thanks to the Between.Pomiedzy Festival and IKM (Urban Culture Institute, Gdańsk, Pl), the New York State Council on the Arts and The Canada Council for The Arts. LoopCurrent received a 2024 grant from the Map Fund, and will be further developed during a residency at Baryshnikov Arts in New York City, May 2025.
Work in progress performed at the IKM (Urban Culture Institute) in Gdańsk, Poland as part of the Between.Pomiedzy Festival, May 18, 2024.
Maya Ciarrocchi – concept, direction
Created in collaboration with:
Natalia Chylińska - movement
Joanna Duda - sound
Katarzyna Pastuszak - movement
Sarah Laux - garment consultant
LoopCurrent's garments are survival suits engineered to protect our future bodies as they navigate an increasingly treacherous world. The garments will be sewn with conductive thread, which, when activated by the performers, will produce sounds derived from field recordings of land and water.