Koosil-ja’s latest work, playing this weekend at the Dance Center of Columbia College, seeks to embody the ghost in the shell, giving image to what she refers to as the “invisible body”—the unseen thoughts and emotions that her work does much to level. Almost twenty collaborators have worked to create a 3-D video environment that will ultimately serve as the star of the show. Dancers strapped to modified Wii remotes will live-process video material, the remotes recording their movements, which will then be fed into the 3-D video environment and animated. The body serves as both empty vessel, channeling symbol-less signs, and source for new, yet replicated, virtual material. (Sharon Hoyer)
At the Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 S. Michigan Ave. February 4 – 6, 8pm. $24-28. For tickets, visit http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=2201