Blind Spot

Project Description:

2020 - Performance and Light Art Installation - Seattle, WA

The world feels so divided now.
Humans, no matter how kind or compassionate, have blind spots, moments of selective empathy, of tunnel vision.

In fact, one might say
that prejudice is selective empathy or a failure of collective empathy.
This piece questions what happens when we fail to see differences and struggle to regain our kinship.
Our uniqueness is still there, visible in action,
ready to be reclaimed by a newly open heart.

Blind Spot is a collaboration between RSVR and choreographer Olivier Wevers with Seattle's contemporary dance company Whim W'him. The lighting element uses specialized lighting elements to remove color perception within the performance to focus attention on the human impulse to differentiate.

Choreography:
Olivier Wevers

Light Installation:
RSVR

Music:
Olafur Arnalds, Antonio Vivaldi

Costumes:
Whim W’Him Wardrobe

Theater Lighting:
Michael Mazzola

Gallery:

Photos by Stefano Altamura and RSVR