A dance film created by Steven van Wyk, Jamila Rodrigues, Kristina Johnstone and Mandilakhe Yengo
In engineering, fractographic methods are generally used to determine the cause of failure in engineering structures. Fractography, the dance film, draws from the notion that human relationships are guided by two opposing forces: eros, the libidinal or ‘life’ force, and tanatos, the death drive. In all relationships both forces are at work – eros, pulling people together and tanatos seeking to destroy the relationship and create distance. The film tells the story of two lovers caught between these forces and the tensions created by a third person, an intruder. Recognising that every person experiences fracture, rupture or break-down in some form, Fractography becomes a place of confrontation, vulnerability and exposure.
In engineering, fractographic methods are generally used to determine the cause of failure in engineering structures. Fractography, the dance film, draws from the notion that human relationships are guided by two opposing forces: eros, the libidinal or ‘life’ force, and tanatos, the death drive. In all relationships both forces are at work – eros, pulling people together and tanatos seeking to destroy the relationship and create distance. The film tells the story of two lovers caught between these forces and the tensions created by a third person, an intruder. Recognising that every person experiences fracture, rupture or break-down in some form, Fractography becomes a place of confrontation, vulnerability and exposure.
The film Fractography draws much of its ideas and dance material from a dance theatre work created and performed earlier this year. The creative process was characterised by a dialogue between the three choreographer/performers and the film-maker, who at times became a fourth choreographer, bringing his own understanding of movement and visual images to the process and making choreographic choices. The choreography takes place in conversation with the different spaces and speaks to different textures, such as water, mud and concrete. Movement vocabulary was often initiated through improvisation by the performers, while the cameraman conducted his own investigation of visual and often fractured images. Fractography is a collaborative exploration in cross-over art forms that aims to continually evolve rather than arrive at a static product.
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