BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead is pleased to announce BALTIC Open Submission, a major open-call exhibition. Opening early 2021 the exhibition involves over 150 artists and makers based in the North East of England.
Included in this exhibition will be a screening of Touch the Beast. The exhibition will be both in-person and available to view virtually in 3D.
TOUCH THE BEAST is a dance film evoking a gothic world through the lens of the 21st Century, featuring a charismatic cast caught in a moment of time; sensual, strange, gender fluid it is inspired by the tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe and the visual art of Aubrey Beardsley. Created in 2019 it is a gothic romance film that can also include a performance, filled with ambiguity and is a forerunner to what will be a longer live work. Three characters emerge from the dark and interact and we, the viewer are left with a sense of disquiet over half realised encounters and a possible murder.
Director: Dora Frankel. Filmmaker Andy Wood, 2nd Camera Kevin Wong. Performers: Dora Frankel, Giacomo Pini & Livia Massarelli. Composer: Roma Yagnik