Sound for Kelly Rauer's three-channel video installation concentrated on swooping, twirling motions. White noise, sine tones, and pulsing drum machines recorded with a swinging microphone, a pendulum mirroring the kinetics of the camerawork and the dancers' bodies. Paired and mirrored, larger than life, dancers swing the graphic marks of their limbs in the stark glare of a spotlight or fling themselves into a dark void, amid passing tones and the crackling of an ice storm.

Concept and choreography: Kelly Rauer. Dancers: Kelly Rauer and Leah Wilmouth. Camera and sound: Seth Nehil. 12-minute loop, stereo sound. Commissioned by Disjecta Contemporary Art Center for the Portland2014 Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Amanda Hunt. Review by Sarah Sentilles, Oregon Arts Watch.

Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland OR — March 8–April 27, 2014