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Black Cube Fellowship
Blog interview - Inside the Cadet Chapel

This five-minute video explores the relationship between the iconic United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel and military drill. Scored by American electronic music producer Kate Simko, in collaboration with the London Electronic Orchestra, the video uses visual, auditory, and conceptual repetition to find mirrored and discordant rhythms between individual and group, as well as spirituality and defense. The work subtly addresses the power dynamics associated with built environments, the military, and pop culture to reveal the complicated interconnections between physical, social, and psychological space.

“Each of my performance investigations engages a modernist building in deep conversation with the human body. I am interested in the way we move, learn to move, and are instructed to move in relation to these architectural structures, specifically in terms of power and identity.… Every day, young cadets are forming their sense of self and identity under the pressure of power structures that demand an orderly veneer – seventeen spires in a row, clean angles, symmetry, sheer perfection.” – Jaimie Henthorn

Also show with Bas Fischer International Miami with Provisional Obstruction