Filip Górecki

I’m thrilled to share this live recording from the Ambient/Etc series. Soundcloud link here. Thank you to @michael__red for putting me on. The @low_indigo_ crew for running an inspirational series of events. Thanks to @vanhasselmusic for helping me with the mix.  Cover art by @laine_butler

Honoured to be part of this series and really looking forward to performing live again. I’ve composed a whole new set of music for this event, and with such an incredible lineup, it’s going to be a very memorable evening. Ticket link

Design by Laine Butler

Looking back, we made so much content for Ecdysis. I’m currently looking through old files and doing a year end backup of everything, I found this installation video which was initially displayed at the Ecdysis performance at ProgressLab1422. The purpose of it was to gently introduce the audience into the world of Ecdysis before the main performance was set to begin.

I’ve been bugging RiDylan to team up and bring Baseck to Vancouver. Luckily Baseck was already playing in Seattle in the summer, so Dylan just asked him to come up. I’m a huge Baseck fan and stoked to work with Ridylan (TurboTweak) to bring this together. It’s gonna be huge. Tickets available on Showpass and RA.

I’ll be doing visuals and running sound. Pretty excited about the multilayered role. Let’s go!

*edit: that was exhausting but to see Baseck rave-school us with his Live PA was all worth it. Thank you everyone for supporting the event.

Lot’s of requests to do this night again. With this amazing lineup, it was a no brainer. Check it out on instagram

We’re excited to share that Ecdysis – The Film will have its online premiere screening this Sunday November 26th at 8:30pm PST here:

https://www.kashvideo.com/ecdysis 

The creative team will be available for an online Q and A following the screening IG Live @ecdysis_projects

This film has been a long time coming and is part of the larger project Ecdysis which began as a solo live performance in 2020. Developed in the solitude of pandemic isolation with socially distant collaborators the piece then evolved – mirroring its cyborg protagonist – from a focus on the corporeal (the dancing body) to a hybrid project threading together movement, wearable technology, film, set design, installation and sound. 

The film was funded through the Digital Now initiative and we acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. The light spine was developed by Dr. Bob Pritchard as part of the Tracking and Smart Textiles Environment (TaSTE) project and supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and UBC School of Music.

Ecdysis – The Film (2023)

Duration 8 min

Between sleep and wakefulness, unconsciousness and consciousness, a cyborg is caught in a hypnopompic dream state of past realities. As fragments of memories and old programming flashes by, she questions if she is human, animal or machine. 

Credits:

Artist Direction and Concept: Daniel O’Shea, Lukáš Hyrman and Emmalena Fredriksson 

Director: Daniel O’Shea

Director of Photography: Lukáš Hyrman 

Choreography and Performance: Emmalena Fredriksson

Music Composition: Filip Górecki

Costume Design: Alaia Hamer

Spine Technology and Programming: Bob Pritchard and Daniel Tsui 

Costume and Make-Up: Hayley Gawthrop, Desirée James and Myah McCarthy

Thank you to Andrew Van Hassel, Kiran Bhumber and Daisy Thompson and everyone who made this project possible.

Ecdysis was created on the traditional, unceded, and occupied territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. As settlers, uninvited guests and artists on these lands it is our responsibility to interrogate and unlearn the ways in which we perpetuate and benefit from colonialism and how we can actively participate in decolonization and reconciliation. 

As a genre of art, sci-fi allows for the questioning of established biases, imagining of new social codes, and reflecting on our current world situations. Ecdysis (the shedding of skin or exoskeleton) invites audiences to contemplate the intersections of evolution and healing, gender and power, and woman and machine. All systems of oppression reinforce one another and can’t be fought in isolation. By considering these intersections, may it also make us reflect on the intersections of power, land, colonization and resource extraction, and call us into action.

An Aphex Twin tribute night with an amazing lineup of local and international acts. I am beyond excited and gratefull to be putting on this event. Thank you in advance to all the artists involved, the venue and my friend Norah Lorway. During our talks about touring, the post-covid economy and applying for school, the idea for an Aphex tribute event like this came about.

The event has it’s own instagram page, please follow it here and watch as the spam unfolds haha.

New trailer for Ecdysis

Ecdysis at Progress Lab 1422 was a site specific installation and immersive performance experience. Incorporating a sound installation, video projection, live performance, set and lighting design in the courtyard outside Progress Lab. The performance took place outside for three nights.