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Divided we scroll
by Klaas Diersmann
Divided we scroll
by Klaas Diersmann
Divided we scroll
by Klaas Diersmann
Divided We Scroll is a short experimental video work directed by Klaas Diersmann, with choreography by Pepa Ubera. The piece explores the eerie intimacy and compulsive disconnection of our digital lives. Set within a surreal, data-saturated landscape, the work questions how technology is not only reshaping our behaviors but also rewiring our neurology, our relationships, and our physical movements.
Commissioned by the Barbican Centre for their Life Rewired Shorts series, this film investigates the influence of touch-screen gestures—many of which are now patented by tech corporations—on the human body. Ubera’s choreography draws from these habitual gestures (scrolling, swiping, tapping), reimagining them through the lens of performance. Movements typically confined to screens are here embodied and amplified, forming a language that reflects the disembodiment of our hyper-connected age.
Divided We Scroll is a short experimental video work directed by Klaas Diersmann, with choreography by Pepa Ubera. The piece explores the eerie intimacy and compulsive disconnection of our digital lives. Set within a surreal, data-saturated landscape, the work questions how technology is not only reshaping our behaviors but also rewiring our neurology, our relationships, and our physical movements.
Commissioned by the Barbican Centre for their Life Rewired Shorts series, this film investigates the influence of touch-screen gestures—many of which are now patented by tech corporations—on the human body. Ubera’s choreography draws from these habitual gestures (scrolling, swiping, tapping), reimagining them through the lens of performance. Movements typically confined to screens are here embodied and amplified, forming a language that reflects the disembodiment of our hyper-connected age.
Divided We Scroll is a short experimental video work directed by Klaas Diersmann, with choreography by Pepa Ubera. The piece explores the eerie intimacy and compulsive disconnection of our digital lives. Set within a surreal, data-saturated landscape, the work questions how technology is not only reshaping our behaviors but also rewiring our neurology, our relationships, and our physical movements.
Commissioned by the Barbican Centre for their Life Rewired Shorts series, this film investigates the influence of touch-screen gestures—many of which are now patented by tech corporations—on the human body. Ubera’s choreography draws from these habitual gestures (scrolling, swiping, tapping), reimagining them through the lens of performance. Movements typically confined to screens are here embodied and amplified, forming a language that reflects the disembodiment of our hyper-connected age.
“I was fascinated to discover that many of our physical movements - how we interact with technological devices—have been patented by tech giants, and these movements inspired the interpretative choreography for the film.”
- Klaas Diersmann, Director
“I was fascinated to discover that many of our physical movements - how we interact with technological devices—have been patented by tech giants, and these movements inspired the interpretative choreography for the film.”
- Klaas Diersmann, Director
“I was fascinated to discover that many of our physical movements - how we interact with technological devices—have been patented by tech giants, and these movements inspired the interpretative choreography for the film.”
- Klaas Diersmann, Director
Pepa Ubera’s movement direction foregrounds the body's emotional and social relationship with technology. The choreography offers a physical critique of a society governed by digital immersion, inviting viewers to experience what it feels like to become data—fragmented, observed, and looped.
Pepa Ubera’s movement direction foregrounds the body's emotional and social relationship with technology. The choreography offers a physical critique of a society governed by digital immersion, inviting viewers to experience what it feels like to become data—fragmented, observed, and looped.
Pepa Ubera’s movement direction foregrounds the body's emotional and social relationship with technology. The choreography offers a physical critique of a society governed by digital immersion, inviting viewers to experience what it feels like to become data—fragmented, observed, and looped.
Images by Simon Oxley