Je suis entre deux (2012 – 2013)
Je suis entre deux ("I am between two") is a series that engages the thematic materials of translation, illegibility and understanding that occur between peoples, languages, images and specific places. The work seeks to untangle the inner logic of translation and missed translation between image, being, location and experience. Through movement research, it aims to explore the ways in which our humanness is exposed when we try to understand each other, as well as make present the not-so-poetic moments that occur when people stop trying to understand. Je suis entre deux plays with the notion of two-ness that can occur when we live between the gaps, spaces and articulations of places, homes and languages.
Je suis entre deux film (2012)
Direction: Christian Bambara and Celia Weiss Bambara
Improvisation and Choreography: Christian Bambara and Celia Weiss Bambara
Editing: Celia Weiss Bambara
Film: Christian Bambara and Celia Weiss Bambara
Length: 7 minutes
Je suis entre deux solo (2013)
Improvisation and Choreography: Celia Weiss Bambara
Music Arrangement: Celia Weiss Bambara
Costume Design: Celia Weiss Bambara
Length: 20 minutes
This work was begun through residency at the BVAR in Michigan, and research for the work was supported by Kickstart in Burkina Faso.