Take Off Your Skin (TOYS)
a multiplying project
Replication. Repetition. Exploding Mass.
Take Off Your Skin (TOYS) is a large-scale collaborative dance performance. A collaboration with Japanese artist Yasuko Kurono, TOYS is a multiplying project that manifests in public spaces – both virtual and physical.
During the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival clusters of Kurono clones will intercept iconic sites throughout Melbourne, climaxing in an imploding mass of dance, abstraction, poise and presence. The clones’ mission is to reveal the beauty in pattern and numbers, provoking reflection and difference in common spaces.
Participants perform and record their experiences in small pods of clones and as a mass under choreographed guidance. Post-performance, the dance of the clones will be revealed online – showing a multiplicity of viewpoints from the participants and the audience.
You can be part of this global performance art project as it infects Melbourne during the Fringe. Sign up to be a clone at http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/toys
Co-produced by
Melbourne Fringe, FULL TILT at the Arts Centre and WELL