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Cinetaxis is coming back this spring, in another secret location to be revealed soon...

Cinetaxis is an interactive collaboration between electronic music, science and live performance lead by digital visual art that creates a genuinely interdisciplinary installation piece.

The project  is originally inspired by 'phototaxis' and moths attraction to light and by our fascination with insects and their behaviour. Early experiments with Cinetaxis were successfully staged at the Festival of Visual Theatre in Labin (Croatia) in August 2007, in a disused textile factory in East London in November 2007, and at the Live Performers Meeting 2008 in Rome in May 2008.

In Spring 2009 we continued our process and received a research and development grant from Arts Council England (London) to present 2 weekends of experiments into Cinetaxis at the Shunt Vaults in London. The result was an exciting dialogue and close integration between multiple artistic disciplines (contemporary performance, dance, music, new digital media and visual art). Live installations by performer/dancers, contemporary electronic music, movement and giant projections, created a dynamic, surreal and atmospheric world that enveloped the audience. This world exposes parallels between the human and insect form and behaviour, both beautiful and grotesque, fascinating and unsettling.

In January 2011 we started a new collaboration with an Entomology PHD Lecturer at Imperial College who invited us for a residency at Silwood Campus in Ascot. We are currently researching new possibilities of interaction between science and art and preparing a new show. More details coming up soon.