Leila Ziu - Altered States on the Dancefloor

ROOM 1

ROOM 2

ROOM 3

Artist and director Leila Ziu explores dance culture and alternate realities with Altered States on the Dancefloor, a triptych of audiovisual works that correspond to three different rooms at a virtual rave. Featuring musical contributions from Rian Treanor, Paleman and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, each room sees Ziu experimenting with a variety of disciplines and styles, moving between experimental choreography, video montage, as well as 2D and 3D animation. “The confinement of this past year has evoked atmospheres and opened doorways into alternate realities,” Ziu explains. “It’s as if my withdrawals turned into alluring invitations enticing me into other realms.” “I’d close my eyes at night and find the doorway,” she continues. “I danced, I sweated, I purged. It provided an escape, 9 months carving out this liminal space where we were able to meet, where the sound system was shaking, people dancing, landscapes shifting. Altered states was not just an altered space but an altered way of being. But it was as if as soon as we arrived we had to leave. It was sad to say goodbye but lovely to bring it back with me and paint a picture of a time, that existed alongside lockdown, where we were free.”

Check out the full feature on FACT.

Altered States on the Dancefloor Credits:

Room 1:
Director, Producer, Animation, Edit – Leila Ziu
Sound – Rian Treanor
Performance – Mikey Boats
Costume – Kate Tabor
Camera – Thomas English

Room 2:
Director, Producer, CGI Animation, Edit – Leila Ziu
Sound – Paleman
Performance – Manue Soum
Costume – Kate Tabor
Camera – Thomas English

Room 3:
Director, Producer, VR Animation, Edit – Leila Ziu
Sound – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Performance – Manue Soum & Mikey Boats
Costume – Kate Tabor
Camera – Thomas English

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