Jump Cut is a six-part cable-access-style web series of streamed collaborations between multidisciplinary international artists.
Conceived by Dana Gingras/Animals of Distinction as a way to survive and thrive in these times, Jump Cut is an opportunity to curate an unpredictable encounter between artists who are currently working in isolation. Each episode will feature a unique combination of artists to create a multi-disciplinary collaboration that will only be accessible as a unique online experience.
Jump Cut # 1 January 28, 2021 2 p.m. (EDT) – Montreal (Live Stream)
The inaugural episode features Dana Gingras (Montreal), Sonya Stefan (Montreal) and Tot Onyx (Berlin). Restless and confined, they have created an eerie offering. Set in a lost space that leads nowhere, it is filled with disembodied and embodied presences that roam, taunt and multiply each other across planes.
Jump Cut #2 May 8, 2021 – 3:30 p.m. (EDT) – Montreal (Live Stream)
The second episode for the series will feature Montreal-based electronic musician Marie Davidson, Paris-based Canadian video artist Sabrina Ratté and Montreal-based choreographer/dancer Dana Gingras. Treating the body like a living sculpture, the emphasis will be on capturing the minutiae of movement and morphing the human body back and forth between a virtual body. This dialogue will be coupled with sound to create a sense of an altered corporeal reality.
Jump Cut # 2 is available on-demand from May 11 to 17, 2021 on the Fact Magazine’s website https://www.factmag.com/2021/05/11/animals-of-distinction-jump-cut-episode-2/
Jump Cut #3 May 22, 2021 3:30 p.m. (EDT) – Montreal (Live Stream)
For the third episode, multi-media artist Austin Young brings together drag performance artists Alaska Thunderfuck, Willam Belli and Laganja Estranja to form a triple deity. They are triple-voiced, triple-pointed and triple-faced. Together they playfully engage with themes of transformation and manifestation in a search for an authentic multiplicity.
Live from the Take me Somewhere Festival (Glasgow) https://takemesomewhere.co.uk/animals-of-distinction
Animals of Distinctions – AOD has fostered the creation of cutting-edge works with innovative collaborations across all mediums and artistic practices, shaped by the possibilities of new technologies and cultural shifts. The company functions as a type of framework for contemporary practice, as a point of intersection where the social kinaesthetic, and the possibilities of physical thinking can be visualized in choreographic ideas with different collaborations and with other art forms. The creative intent is rooted in a belief that through the moving body an audience can become aware of the full complexity, connectivity, and complicity inherent in each of our physical, social, and emotional lives.
JANUARY 28, 2021 - 2 P.M. (EST - MONTREAL)
MAY 8, 2021 - 4 P.M. (EST - MONTREAL)
MAY 22, 2021 - 3:30 P.M. (EST - MONTREAL)
Duration : 30 minutes
Free
Jump Cut – Episode 1
Direction, performance Dana Gingras
Video Artist, performance Sonya Stefan
Music, performance Tot Onyx
Editor Huot & Vallentin
Digital Director Rory Seydel
Transmission Executive Producer James Benjamin
Transmission Producer Ian Cameron
Jump Cut #1 is co-commissioned by CTM Festival, Goethe Institute & Cine Qua Non.
In collaboration with Transmission.
Jump Cut – Episode 2
Director & performer Dana Gingras
Video Sabrina Ratté
Music composition and recording Marie Davidson
Mixage Mastering Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Set Design Alex Hercule
3D et photogrammetry Yannick Grandmont
Conception et production Animals of Distinction
Co-production CTM Festival Berlin
Jump Cut – Episode 3
Video, Direction and Concept Austin Young
Lead Choreographer Laganja Estranja
Choreography and Performance Alaska Thunderfuck, Laganja Estranja and Willam Belli
Camera Austin Young, Emily Lacy, Stefano Galli
Hair, Makeup, Costumes Alaska Thunderfuck, Laganja Estranja and Willam Belli
Conception and Production Animals of Distinction
Coproduction CTM Festival (Berlin), Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow)
Animals of Distinction
Artistic Direction Dana Gingras
Producer Sarah Rogers
Production Manager Dominique Sarazin
Administrator Stéphanie Murphy
Animals of Distinction has received the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
