DOROTEA SAYKALY

Between these folded walls

- UTOpia

Art + Video Installation

Cooper Gorfer x Dorotea Saykaly collaboration

Photographer duo Cooper Gorfer reached out to collaborate with Dorotea Saykaly to choreograph and movement direct scenes for their exhibit ‘Between These Folded Walls, Utopia’. Starring young women whose lives have been affected by forced migration, the series was about the loss of utopia and our ability to dream again.

The focus of the tableaus revolved around the story of the protagonist Shadi G with four dancers as the extension of her psyche. The physicality and body architecture of the scenes were choreographed to embody the universal struggle of the mind that can turn from caring friend, to opponent, coaxing, dragging, pushing, fighting us.

The video installation ‘Eternal Play’ as well as the still works of ‘Envious Bodie's' and ‘Push Under Yellow Sky’ were the results of this collaboration.

A COOPER GORFER production
Choreography DOROTEA SAYKALY
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Concept COOPER GORFER
Director of photography CAMILLA TOPUNTOLI
VFX Supervisor ULF LUNDÉN
Music and Sound Design PER-HENRIK MÄENPÄÄ
Dancers AMANDA ÅKESSON, SHADI GOLCHIN, FRIDA DAM SEIDEL, DANIELLE DE VRIES, DOROTEA SAYKALY & SATOKO TAKAHASHI
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Premier: Fotografiska NYC (US) - August 28th 2020 - February 7th 2021
Subsequently at Fotografiska Stockholm (SE) and Fotografiska Tallin (EE)