Singer and Ranaldo break traditional dynamics between performer and audience to examine how live image and sound might interact. Contre Jour, the shadow is introduced as an integral part of the performance. Ranaldo and the suspended guitar cast their omnipresnet shadows on the screen, staging a dialogue with the projections. A folding in of prior documented performances featuring shadows creates a mise en abyme setting. Contre Jour was invited to GNRation, Porto (2024), the arts festival Dark Mofo, in Tasmania (2023), and the S8 International Film Festival, A Coruna, Spain (2022) among others.
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