Auckland, Cape Town, London, Mumbai, New York, Singapore - six sea-cities, six dreams, six genii locii. Watermans presents 'cutout' by motiroti an 8 minute video triptych filmed across six sea cities around the world. The film shows how each place retains its unique flavour, despite the process of globalisation while at the same time the inhabitants can be increasingly interchanged and interchangeable with people from other cities and continents.

Instead of using a conventional musical soundtrack, the triptych of images moves to a rhythm of ‘found sounds’ - the babble of voices, cries, sirens, traffic roar and the groundswell of footsteps – unending signals from the vast crowds and indicators of contemporary city life.

Together with the dbox, the digital design studio, motiroti has created an important statement on the idea of a global society. cutout captures the essence of each city invoking the sensory overload of today’s urban civilization as the 3D figures swirl against deconstructed images of their cities, each with its unique palette of light, colour and semiotic.

ABOUT MOTIROTI

Motiroti is an internationally acclaimed and award winning arts organisation led by Artistic Director Ali Zaidi that creates highly original works combining new media, visual and live art for a variety of spaces - intimate and public. The final artworks are fun, dynamic and accessible to all. For more information visit www.motiroti.com

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