TERRE MECHANIQUE

Terre Mécanique, 2017

Performance

Collaboration with the MIT Self-Assembly Lab

Lead Dancer and Rehearsal Director:

Marissa Ruazol

Laban/Bartenieff Movement Instructor:

Teresa Heiland

Dancers:

Brooklynn Reeves,

Jonathan Gonzalez

Researcher:

Bjorn Sparrman

Composition, Electronics:

Phillip Curtis

Costume Consultant:

Jill Spector

Costumes:

Karen Boyer

Production Assistants:

Sophie Schwarz,

Sophia Washburn,

Marley Kirton,

Colin Kent-Daggett,

Manuela Nebuloni

Videographer:

Chris Orr,

Joseph Davenport

Assistant Video Editor:

Sean Flaherty

Commission, Performa, New York, NY

and the Brown Arts Initiative, Brown University, Providence, RI

Terre Mécanique is a research project realized in collaboration with the MIT

Self-Assembly Lab.

The project was developed alongside the early evolution of Rapid Liquid Printing (RLP),

an experimental fabrication process for industrial-scale manufacturing.

By enabling three-dimensional drawing within a gel suspension,

RLP allows large, customized objects to be produced

quickly using industrial-grade materials,

overcoming key limitations of conventional 3D printing in speed, scale,

and material performance.

The project explores bodies, machines, and materials as part of a

shared field of action, tracing how force,

movement, and phase change circulate across human and industrial systems.

https://www.rapidliquidprint.com