Forged (in the tender heat of your embrace) Laura Fisher
An intimate, choreographic collaboration between the artist’s body and sheets of copper metal, exploring processes of body heat generation and exchange during movement and rest.
Through cycles of moving and resting together, a physical collaboration develops in which a disabled body and metal support enable each other's movement; bending, heating, cooling, resting, and imprinting on one another over time. Through this process, sculptural forms gradually emerge, holding on their surface marks of the physical exchange which has occurred.
Drawing parallels between the material properties of the sheet metal and the artist’s body which experiences chronic pain, Forged explores themes of dependency, intimacy, support and corrosion, as metal and body attempt to find a shared movement language in a delicate and precarious dance of give and take.
Concept and Performance Laura Fisher
Costume, Textiles and Installation Design Zephyr Liddell
Dramaturg Thulani Rachia
Movement Research Dr Sarah Hopfinger
Audio Describer Emma-Jane McHenry
Mentoring Kim Simpson
Producer Laura Fisher
Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Dave Toole OBE Bursary Fund and Creative Scotland
Supported by Dance Base and The Work Room’s residency programme
Images by Emily Nicol