Technological
Dances
Anderson begins her performances by observing technological objects. She then spreads liquid paint on those objects. These computers, drones, batteries, VR masks (etc) lead her into an intuitive ‘Technological Dance’ painting. Guided by hyper-ventilated breathing, she engages in a trance.
Paint-coated objects hit the canvas on the ground, a gesture that memorises objects from our Anthropocene era while poetically opening up new bonds between our body-mind and the Earth for a potential Symbiocene era.
technological
Dances
Anderson begins her performances by observing technological objects. She then spreads liquid paint on those objects. These computers, drones, batteries, VR masks (etc) lead her into an intuitive ‘Technological Dance’ painting. Guided by hyper-ventilated breathing, she engages in a trance.
Paint-coated objects hit the canvas on the ground, a gesture that memorises objects from our Anthropocene era while poetically opening up new bonds between our body-mind and the Earth for a potential Symbiocene era.
![“Collective Technological Dances - keyboard, water bottle, wireless mouse, surprise box, magnetic card, Africa map, maracas, notebook, book, electronic game, amphora, smartphone, remote control, soft figure, stone, blank canvas, audio tape” gouache on canvas, rain drops, sand, soil, 300 x 150 cm, 2024. With Amle Albanez, Alice Anderson, Aline Barone, Lais Castro, Michelle Lima, Andreza Mafra, Aira Luana do Nascimento, Carol Nkwana, Denise Ribeiro Lima, Alexia Sant’Anna, Natalia de Souza Flores, Josyanne de Souza Monteiro, Adrianna Torres. Images : Mariana Monteiro](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.collectivetechnological-dances.painting.jpg)
![Collective Technological Dances, details, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.collectivetechnological-dances.objects.jpg-1024x768.jpg)
!["Technological Dances - DV tapes in case 3” gouache on canvas, rain drops, 147 x 151 cm, 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1-aliceanderson-techdances-dvtape3peg-958x1024.jpg)
![Anderson performing a Technological Dance with a DV Tape, London. 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/10aliceanderson-techdances.-dvcam.jpeg)
!["Technological Dances - DV tapes in case 8" gouache on canvas, rain drops, 151 x 152 cm, 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-aliceanderson-techdances-dvtape8-1024x1024.jpg)
![DV tapes in case in spiritual bowl, painting installation detail, 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/4-aliceanderson-techdances-dvtape-object-768x1024.jpg)
![In Brazil, Anderson meets Ailton Krenak and gives birth to a gesture to spread his thinking : the "Krenak Gesture”, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AliceAnderson-AiltonKrenak.peg_-776x1024.jpg)
!["Technological Dances - Boombox Stereo Blaster” gouache and acrylic on canvas, rain drops, 155 × 160, 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aliceanderson_Technological_Dances_-Stereo-Blasters.jpg)
![](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aliceanderson-GEOMTRIC-DANCES.GOOGLE-SMARTPHONE-VR-HEADSE.jpg)
“Technological Dances – Google Smartphone Vr Headset” gouache, acrylic on canvas, rain drops 151 × 151 cm, 2023
![](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GOOGLE-SMARTPHONE-VR-HEADSET.jpg)
![“Technological Dances – Iphone 4” gouache, acrylic on canvas, rain drops 100 × 100 cm, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.iphone4painting.jpg)
![Iphone 4 painting installation detail, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.iphone4object-768x1024.jpg)
!["Technological Dances - 1u Cube-Sat" gouache, acrylic on canvas, rain drops, 150 × 154 cm, 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aliceanderson-GEOMETRIC-DANCES-1U-CUBE-SAT.jpg)
![1U Cube-Sat, painting installation detail, 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aliceanderson-sat-cube-1.jpg)
![« GEOMETRIC DANCES, DRONE V » GOUACHE ON FELT, DROPS OF RAIN, DRONE IN SPIRITUAL BOWL, 154 CM X 115 CM, 2022](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/4D6303AB-3445-44FB-8946-E1A1CAC275A7-748x1024.jpg)
![DRONE, PAINTING INSTALLATION DETAIL, 2022](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/anderson.geometric-dances.-drone-1024x1024.jpg)
![](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.airdryer-painting-1024x747.jpg)
![Anderson dancing with a s-band ground station dish, 2021](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5aliceanderson-Geometric-Dances-1-1024x697.jpeg)
![« GEOMETRIC DANCES, S-BAND GROUND STATION DISH III » GOUACHE ON CANVAS, 4000 X 320 CM, 2021](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/61aliceanderson-Geometric-Dances-1024x683.jpg)
![« GEOMETRIC DANCES, S-BAND GROUND STATION DISH II » GOUACHE ON CANVAS, 4000 X 320 CM, 2021](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Acr7112083887488-2994714-copie-1024x768.jpeg)
“Technological Dances, S-band Ground Station Dish II” gouache on canvas, drops of rain, 4000 × 320 cm, 2021
![Anderson dancing with a vhf/uhf ground station, 2021](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/8_aliceanderson-Geometric-Dances-1024x655.jpg)
!["Technological Dances, Deployable Multifunction Solar Array for Cube-sat" gouache on canvas, drops of rain, 4000 × 320 cm, 2021](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/9aliceanderson-Geometric-Dances.1jpeg-2-1024x484.jpeg)
“Technological Dances, Deployable Multifunction Solar Array for Cube-sat” gouache on canvas, drops of rain, 4000 × 320 cm, 2021
![Anderson dancing with a drone, London, 2022](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/13aliceanderson-Geometric-Dances-1-665x1024.jpeg)
!["Technological Dances, Small External Hard Drive" gouache on canvas, drops of rain, 150 × 150 cm, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.small-external-hard-drive-painting-1024x978.jpg)
![Small External Hard Drive, painting installation detail, 2021](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.small-external-hard-driveobject-768x1024.jpg)
!["Technological Dances, Oculus VR Headset" gouache on canvas, drops of rain, 150 × 150 cm, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.oculushedset-painting.jpg)
![Oculus VR Headset painting installation detail, 2023](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.oculushedsetobject-765x1024.jpg)
!["Technological Dances, Tea Warmer" gouache on canvas, drops of rain, 150 × 150 cm, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Alice-Anderson_Technological-Dances_-Tea-Warmer-1024x1001.jpg)
![Tea Warmer painting installation detail, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Alice-Anderson_Technological-Dances_-Tea-Warmer_details-768x1024.jpg)
![Anderson dancing in her studio with a laptop, 2022](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/aaliceanderson-mac-performances-1024x803.png)
!["Technological Dances, wireless powerline wi-fi adapter" gouache on canvas, drops of rain, 150 × 130 cm, 2021](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.devolo-wifipainting-1024x794.jpg)
![Wireless powerline wi-fi adapter, painting installation detail, 2024](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aliceanderson.technological-dances.devolo-wifiobject-768x1024.jpg)
![](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/karen-barad.jpeg)
Karen Barad, Posthumanist Performativity, Towars an Understanding of How Matter Comes to Matter, published by the University of Chicago Press, Signs Vol 28, No.3 Gender and Science, 2003
![](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25_aliceanderson-Geometric-Dances-scaled-1.jpg)
![“Performative Formulas” public collective ritual of activating the spirit of the object embedded in the painting, with Alice Anderson, Jon Caruana, Valerie Ebuwa, Eline Peres, James Olivo, 2022](https://alice-anderson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/alice-anderson-performances-pc-home-page-1024x619.jpg)
“Performative Formulas” public collective ritual of activating the spirit of the object embedded in the painting, with Alice Anderson, Jon Caruana, Valerie Ebuwa, Eline Peres, James Olivo, 2022