At first, Gravity by Tomas Januska captured dancers turned jumpers in mid air
but eventually altered to individuals without any dance experience, finding
them to be less restrained. The subject is instructed to jump in the air
150-600 times in any position they prefer. Additionally, these subjects did not
have a trampoline but jumped with their own energy, which leads to thinking
about the shapes that were created after a loss of energy. Evidently in this
project, the body is the object and subject, forming shapes they do not usually
form on a daily basis. Distinctly, there is movement which aids is discerning their emotional state. While the still images are interesting, viewing the
shapes the bodies make, the experience is more intriguing. Thinking about the
process of jumping in the air, allowing gravity to form you seems therapeutic
or cathartic. Further, there appears to be a surrendering to gravity and
whatever you may be holding onto at that moment. There is a sense of freedom,
releasing what your body carries even if for only a second at a time.
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