Empire of the Senses
by Shakti
A moving meditation on ecstasy, embodiment, and transformation.
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Art has no boundaries as seen in Shakti’s Empire of the Senses where she becomes one with the shifting poetry of the natural world. Moving within unique time-lapse images taken by Simon Carroll, her body is immersed in vast sequences of billowing clouds, shifting dunes, starry skies, erupting volcanos, and the stillness of the desert.
As light and image pass through her, Shakti dissolves into the landscape—her movement revealing the pulse that connects the human and the elemental. Each gesture becomes a prayer, each breath a bridge between body and cosmos.
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Merging dance, projections and sound, Empire of the Senses invites the audience into a world of surrender and awakening—an ode to physical and spiritual ecstasy, and a celebration of the beauty of impermanence. This is a luminous odyssey through movement, image and transcendence.
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Created and performed by Shakti
Time lapse cinematography by Simon Carroll
Visual compilation by Jorg Hacker
About Shakti:
Shakti is an acclaimed international artist whose work bridges movement, ritual and visual poetry. Her dance embodies the meeting point of the sacred and the sensual, exploring human consciousness through movement and immersive experience.
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About Simon Carroll:
30 Years of Timelapse Cinematography
Simon Carroll is a world-renowned cinematographer who is the pioneer of timelapse cinematography. Patiently waiting for hours during the night to capture the magical moment Simon's work is unlike any timelapse you see today taken digitally. His artistic work transforms the ordinary into the transcendent, unveling the pulse of time itself.
www.simoncarroll.com
About Jorg Hacker:
Founder and Chief Scientist of Airborne Research Australia, Jorg surveys the environmental through airborne technology. A collaborator with Simon Carroll and Shakti, his scientific and artistic vision converge in projects spanning the environment and arts — from filming Darwin’s thunderstorm clouds with Simon for the BBC to shaping and compiling the visual worlds of Empire of the Senses.
www.airborneresearch.org.au
20-21 Feb at 8:00pm
22 Feb at 5:30pm
At The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall
128 King William St
(enter via Pirie st or Paul Kelly Lane - off Flinders St)
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The venue is the independent structure behind the main Town Hall premises.
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Show starts on time. Please don't be late.
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$35 / $30 (conc)