Like Dust is an interactive Graphic novel that tells the story of Sam Yazdanpanna and also symbolizes a much more universal story.

Every day thousands of young people flee from one country and travel to another country full of hope and expectations.

This journey is always accompanied by uncertainty and danger. You never know who you can trust and where you might end up. The Graphic novel ‘like dust’ shows that there is a whole story behind every refugee. It’s always easy to dismiss people as fortune seekers, or just numbers, but every individual who leaves their home goes through some kind of identity transformation.

This graphic novel is an ode to Sam’s mother Sahin Wakili and Yilmaz the human trafficker who gave him the future.

https://likedust.nl

Credits:
Script and Director – Sam Yazdanpanna
Producer – Bas Broertjes / Sam Yazdanpanna
Art Director / Illustrator Artist – Meysam Barza
Motion Design – Mustafa Kandaz
Motion Design Assistant – Nevzat Aydin / Savalan Godshi
Web Design and Coding – Maarten van der Glas
Web Coding Assistant – Lindsey Schaap
Audio Design – Olivier Rekers
Script Coach – David Henrich

THIS PROJECT IS FINANCIAL SUPPORTED BY

Choreography: Martina Marini in collaboration with the performers
Direction/ camera/ editing/ software: Maarten van der Glas
Dancers: Anastasia Kostner, Evelyn Petruzzino, Santija Bieza
Music: Manuela Kerer
Drawings: Sabine Auer
Costumes: Tanzschmiede/fucinadanza

‘Patchwork bodies’ unites fine arts, dance, music and film. Five short dance movies and a contemporary dance choreography developed from a process of the exchange between artists.
https://youtu.be/XazTetpKC70

The paintings of Sabine Auer were the starting point of the creative journey. Bodies in pieces, cut open. The sewed and scarred bodies give space to associations and let the bodies speak about enclosed emotions. The tormented and cricked joints show the disturbed relationship between the self-image and the loss of identity. There are no faces. The human is defined by the body.

https://youtu.be/u-BYyUxBZS0

These paintings were developed into a choreogrphy by choreographer Martina Marini and dancers.

https://youtu.be/cXtyt-8XRdU

Five video works were developed by Maarten van der Glas. He envisioned video work that stays surprising for the audience after watching it multiple times. Maarten van der Glas developed a computer program to introduce variation every time a movie is played back. The computer has an alogoritm to choose scenes and secondly, the playback speed is varied by the computer. By varying the speed the meaning of the movement is altered and emphasized differently. All video works are envisioned as a loop with variations each time it is played.

With special thanks to: Irmtraud Filippi und Arabesque, Mertz Ideas, Theater in der Altstadt, Erwin Seppi, Peter Gobbi, Karl Illmer vom Verdinser Hof, Matthias Egger, Stadtgemeinde Meran
With support by Autonome Provinz Bozen – Amt für Deutsche Kultur, Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse, Autonome Region Trentino-Südtirol

https://youtu.be/0WpIig4RZLE

STAR DUST was shot at night -under moon light- in the south west of the USA: in the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree desert and at the granite of Morro Bay.

Long series of photos were made to create the movement. The photos had exposure times of 3 to 7 seconds to get enough light. In the Grand Canyon it was really cold: we spend hours in -5C/23F! Luckily it was warmer at the beach

The video is about our connection as humans to the stars and seeing us as part of them. Not only are we dependent for life on earth from our nearest star, the sun, life is also made possible by the infusion of heavier elements from the atomic reactions in exploding stars. (Also known as nucleosynthesis).

‘Moving within without’ is an experimental dance video that takes a poetic approach to a data compression error as an extra layer of movement and narrative.

“Moving within without’ deals the theme of being moved and moving from within. Where did the tune that is stuck in your head come from? When we move we move the whole world around us.

Director, Choreography, Camera, Editing: Maarten van der Glas

Music: Julien Mier

Dancers: Hyunjin Lim, Minke Elisa Brands, Hanna Blisnjuk, Anastasia Kostner

A meeting between the self and the city. A play between finding yourself and loosing yourself.

The self is composed of multiple facets, whose realization is seen as one of the highest virtues in nowadays society. This short film shows a person navigating through the city, being surrounded by everyday life, following the road nearly as in a dream. The element of organic movement stands in contrast to the mechanical movement in the daily commute. Encountering different situations the character is searching for the self, for self realization, for the own way.

Dance & choreography: Anastasia Kostner
Video, choreography, camera and editing: Maarten van der Glas
Music: Alpha and Omega by Boards of Canada

2012, Paris, France, 3min.04sec.