Leila Ziu & Rian Treanor – Altered States on the Dancefloor (Room 1)

Artist and director Leila Ziu explores dance culture and alternate realities with Altered States on the Dancefloor, a triptych of audiovisual works that correspond to three different rooms at a virtual rave. Featuring musical contributions from Rian Treanor, Paleman and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, each room sees Ziu experimenting with a variety of disciplines and styles, moving between experimental choreography, video montage, as well as 2D and 3D animation. “The confinement of this past year has evoked atmospheres and opened doorways into alternate realities,” Ziu explains. “It’s as if my withdrawals turned into alluring invitations enticing me into other realms.” “I’d close my eyes at night and find the doorway,” she continues. “I danced, I sweated, I purged. It provided an escape, 9 months carving out this liminal space where we were able to meet, where the sound system was shaking, people dancing, landscapes shifting. Altered states was not just an altered space but an altered way of being.