Skin.ec.doche was presented as three distinct interactive dance installations around the UTEP campus and in downtown El Paso.
Dancers migrated to a public space and shed an outer layer of “skin” to construct a small pod. The public was invited to inhabit, play, construct, dance, etc. in and around the pods.
Skin.ec.doche is a three-way collaboration between artist Christine Foerster, dancer Emily Morgan and UTEP dance students; Marisol Avila, Carmen Ayala, Sarah Bejarano, Rocío Chavez, Laura Corral, Michelle Garcia, Barbie Guadarrama, Jocelyn Lara, Linda Má rquez, Jasmine Pinedo, Susane Salazar, Georgiana Samaniego and Oscar Vásquez.
Presented at ConluxCity in NYC, Skin.ec.doche: Dis(in)habit was the seventh episode of a series of public performance-collaborations based on a wearable shelter medium I call Shell-ter-wear. Participants received a Shell-ter-wear garment, instructions, a map of Washington Square and a disposable camera. They were asked to choose a place to set up and to use the instructions to guide them through the process of transforming their garments into a temporary shelter-pod. The disposable camera would allow them to document their experiences. The map and instructions are open ended, giving participants maximum initiative to create their own temporary, retreat, and inviting them to reconsider their psycho-geographical relationship to a space.
(Unfortunately, this project was shut down by the NYC police before completion.)
Skin.ec.doche uses Shell-ter-wear,
© 2005 Christine Foerster.