Moving Sculpture


Dance / Creation 2021
Premiere at Lido Connect Mar 20-22, 2021

One can maneuver around a static sculptural art piece, viewing it from many perspectives to gain new insight into its beauty from each different angle. Likewise, Jitti manipulates the body through a 360-degree lens.  Body parts are  purposefully shaped from which the perspective they are gazed. However, he reverses the role where the viewer is static but the dancing body becomes a moving sculpture, constantly shifting the perspective of their body for the spectator.

The Khon mask itself is a sculpture that speaks through its movement. Jitti is fascinated by the ability that the Khon mask – in its bare form – holds in portraying a spectrum of emotions. A shift in angular degrees of the head at a specific time can convey a significant change in the character’s state of being and communication. One simple mask can give the impressions of numerous facial expressions by shifting the vantage points of its form.

Credit
Direction , Choreography, Setting and Concept : Jitti Chompee
Director’s Assistant and Text : Kanokporn Vorapharuek
Performing Artists : Anucha Sumaman , Anand Wongpaisan
Singer : Yarnawut Traisuwan
Photographer : Piyatat Hemmatat
Lighting : Jirach Eaim sa-ard