Seeing the Unseen

Costume design, immersive performance

The emerging interest in digital environments and virtual reality, as well as systems of control in the public domain, formed the starting point for Seeing the Unseen. Smeeing explored where the real and surreal meet, through the design of a costume and the direction of a performance. Seeing the Unseen explores the potential of perception of architectural structures through reflections, to create new realities and experiences of surrounding space.

The immersive performance with contemporary dancers responded to interior public environments and asked the audience to look at the surrounding spaces of everyday life from a new perspective. The mirror costumes worn by the dancers created a surreal spectacle, with the virtual aesthetic placed in the physical environment of the everyday. The mirror, as a portal to an alternative world, enabled the audience to see the unseen.

Year : 2015

Director of Photography : Philip White

Choreography : Yasmin Sas

Dancers : Ughetta Pratesi , Alessio Cappelli

Costume design and Art direction : Kevin Smeeing