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DANCES WITH THE LITTLE RED FISH
A VIDEO ART
BY MOJTABA DAVIJANI
Original title
DANCES WITH THE LITTLE RED FISH
Country
Iran
Length
75 min
Original language
Persian, English
Produced by
Mojtaba Davijani
Co-Produced by
Mojtaba Davijani
With the support of
Mojtaba Davijani
Format
5.1, 24 fps
Shooting format
Digital 2K/Color
Screen ratio
2.39:1
Idea
This work emerged from a connection between two separate experiences: fragments from my earlier docudrama The Little Red Fish and a moment of observation while watching the theater performance A Noite, A Luz, O Amor by Vahid Rasouli.
While watching the movement of the performer, I suddenly perceived the motion of a fish. That moment became the starting point of this work—not as a reconstruction of the original performance, but as a translation of an image already existing in my mind.
Documentary footage from The Little Red Fish is brought into dialogue with an abstracted body in motion, creating a space between memory, perception, and physical presence
Concept
This performance is not a reconstruction of a moment from The Little Red Fish, but a translation of it from image into body; a space where the movement of the fish is detached from its natural environment and re-experienced through a human form.
In the film, the fish is trapped within a cycle of movement—a movement that leads not to liberation, but to the reproduction of the same limitation. In this performance, that condition is reimagined through the body of a dancer: a body that attempts to move while simultaneously remaining confined within an invisible structure.
This work reflects on the relationship between the desire for freedom and the inability to realize it. Movement no longer functions as a sign of liberation, but instead becomes a sign of repetition, erosion, and adaptation.
By removing water and replacing it with the body, the performance raises a question:
Is it possible to escape the order within which we are defined, or is every attempt at movement merely a reproduction of the original condition?
Installation / Performance Method
The installation consists of two simultaneous projections. Documentary footage from The Little Red Fish is projected directly onto the wall, while the image of the body is projected onto a large suspended translucent fabric placed in front of it.
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