Sylvie studied the effects of gravity on human movement. If asked she can reproduce gravity’s pull on a wall making it seem as if she is slowly falling vertically. The effect is so unnerving and so fundamentally wrong that it makes you feel a little nauseous just looking at it.

What is the difference between working in Probe and working in a life size exhibition space?
SH:  For me, it was the first time to work in an exhibition space. I usually work on stages or in rehearsalspaces or industrial sites. However, probe is unique amongst all exhibitionspaces. Its limitations opened new possibilities within physical and spacial dimensions.

What did you want to create in Probe?
SH:  I realised that by doing probe #4, I would be the first one to undo the space of it's illusional size. A weightless world was my my starting point. As a dancer, to lift off from the floor and maybe not return to it is the summum of a physical dream. This way, a woman with unlimited gravity possibilities was dicovering a claustrophobic room. Which made it very fragile. It was very enriching working together with Suze May Sho. The space, colours, costume, sound... I enjoyed being taken off to a visual world that I would not have created by myself.

What obstacles did you run into?
SH:  So, obstaclewise, the fact that sometimes I would find myself into a less flattering costume, or a less practical costume could have been an obstacle. (vanity)

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