Shadows play
on weathered textures,
landscapes both natural and surreal.
Light dances
on surfaces,
virtual and visceral.

Avatars breathe,
embodying the earth,
the sky,
and the storm within,
drifting between worlds—
animated by the unseen currents
of a dancer’s breath,
captured in the pulse
of motion.

nothing in nothing out

What makes us different as a species - how can we break behavioural patterns? nino challenges the boundaries of what it means to 'be' and to 'experience', the nature of being, fluidity, identity and existence occupying spaces beyond the body. nino is an invitation onto the stage.

For Gibson/Martelli's work-in-progress, AI serves as a creative muse, generating music, visuals and avatars from generic prompts. Similarly, the dance practice, Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) uses spoken texts as prompts to encourage creative movement and play. 

Artists gibson/martelli are supported by modina.eu during a residency at Trafó, Budapest with music from Mechanoid Muse: Marcus Villaca and dancers: Balázs Oláh, Csilla Gesztelyi Nagy, Mar Serra Martí together with Eszter Gál and thanks to Liza Nagy and Helén Tamaskó with clothing from Kitti Laposa. 

Creative technologist Bruno Martelli and dance artist Ruth Gibson create site-specific, large-scale works for parks, hospitals, museums, galleries and theatres. Examining ideas of visitor, player and performer by using machine learning, simulation, and motion capture, the artists design installations and immersive virtual realities. Themes of disruption, disguise, camouflage, surveillance and identity recur. Gibson and Martelli hold a joint doctorate in media and communications from The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Nominated for a British Academy of Film & Television Arts Award (BAFTA), the duo received numerous accolades, this year becoming Inaugural Fellows at Taubman College of Architecture at the University of Michigan and artists-in-residence at #studios44Mocaplab, Geneva. In 2015, they won the Gold Award of the Lumen Prize. Their recent exhibitions include the 66th BFI London Film Festival and the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia. 

https://gibsonmartelli.com
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