REHEARSAL

REAHEARSAL
2019
Five channel video installation
6’ 30”

Choreography:
Emmalena Fredriksson

Dance:
Matthew Wyllie and Aiden Cass

Installationview courtesy of Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid

REHEARSAL is a five-channel video installation examining identity, repetition, and the conditioning forces that shape selfhood within systems of power. Featuring two contemporary dancers, choreographed in collaboration with Vancouver-based choreographer Emmalena Fredriksson, the work unfolds through five iterative variations of a musical piece originally composed for Bertolt Brecht’s 1926 play Mann ist Mann. The score was reimagined through collaboration with composer François Houle and performed by cellist Marina Hasselberg, expanding its sonic and rhythmic dimensions. Structured yet mechanical, the dancers’ movements embody a gradual dissolution of self, mirroring the tension between autonomy and control.

The multi-channel format amplifies this cyclical fragmentation, reinforcing the instability of identity under imposed structures. By framing the dance as an ongoing rehearsal, the work exposes the mechanics of conditioning, revealing how repetition, discipline, and performance reinforce ideological influence.

REHEARSAL–ACT I
1m 36s

REHEARSAL–ACT II
41s

REHEARSAL–ACT III
56s

REHEARSAL–ACT IV
1m 4s

REHEARSAL–ACT V
2m 24s