Untitled (perfect human)
Untitled (perfect human) is a surreal hero’s journey… a slow mesmerizing adventure in assimilation. Our invaginating main character comes into an existence defined by an inquisitive disembodied voice in a landscape folding in on itself. Here they are seduced and abandoned, yet eventually find solace in the darkness of their own unknowing interior. Untitled (perfect human) is also a dance video that challenges several established tropes of the dance-video genre: its attachment to traditional notions of physical beauty; its insistence on lyricism; and the sanctity of the coherently human body. The work questions and makes flesh, the white empty spaces of Jørgen Leth's 1967 film "Perfect Human".
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Dean MossDirector
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Dean MossWriter
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Dean MossProducer
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Dean MossKey Cast
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Runtime:14 minutes 9 seconds
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Completion Date:September 1, 2020
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:Dutch, English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Danspace Project: Live StreamNew York City
United States
December 1, 2020
New York Premiere
New York Pandemic Award for BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIGITAL DANCE FILM. -
MOVING BODY FestivalVarna
Bulgaria
October 30, 2021
European Premiere
Official Selection
Distribution Information
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Dean MossCountry: United States
Dean Moss is an interdisciplinary choreographer and video artist who makes work investigating perception and the fluidity of self. He directs a project based company called Gametophyte Inc. Its work has been presented internationally, and commissioned by New York Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, The Seoul International Dance Festival, and The Kitchen among others. Moss is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography; the Doris Duke Impact Award in Theatre; a Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Artists Grant; plus fellowships in both Choreography and Multidisciplinary Works from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
I believe art making is the most precise and comprehensive way to share an existential dialogue; and that dance, like darkness for stars, its most accommodating container.