Contact:
Full portfolio: https://gianssw.cargo.site/
Instagram: @gian_sw
Based in:
London (UK)
Bio:
Gian is a dance artist and performer based in London. His work is informed by digital culture and trends, uncovering how the virtual world can be a site of both personal and communal memory. Through creating interdisciplinary performance work, Gian explores the boundaries between the physical and virtual body through semi-improvised movement, projection, installation and film.
Context:
Gian became involved with the collective after submitting his workshop proposal for the festival open call.
KONTEKST:
2025: Gian’s workshop Faux expressionism: Movement, simulation and archivism in the digital age was featured at KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE.
PROJECTS:
Faux expressionism: Movement, simulation and archivism in the digital age (2024)
workshop / talk
A talk exploring the theory of Faux Expressionism (the idea that movement online is contemporarily being used to represent emotion in a way that is abstract and disconnected from its original meaning) followed by a practical workshop where the audience members were invited to experiment with motion-reactive software turning their movements into a core-core video.
Hosted at KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE (Feb 2025).
Read more about the project and see the footage from the activity here [link coming soon]
MENTIONS:
Faux Expressionism: Simulation, semiotics and movement in the digital age (2024) - Gian’s in-depth essay on the topic of Faux Expressionism for the XenoFuturism magazine.