Rose Bond - Animation


	Ward of Court : County of Origin



	2006 The Plant, Portland, OR Animation/Dance Installation Ward of Court : County of Origin is a multiple lensed evocation of an endless procession of children carrying fractured family memories through a social service system with many revolving doors. The multi-media collaboration is based on Bond and Joella Jackson’s work with children and youth remanded to day and residential treatment centers. Those institutional echoes haunt Heather Perkin’s textured soundscape as performers and projections make their way through layered transient spaces. Matt Cartwright’s steel and light sculptures suspend from the cathedral-like centrum of The Plant, a SE industrial design house. Performers include dancers Joella Jackson and Daniel Addy, six screens of composite animation created by Bond, and an original music/sound score by Heather Perkins with lighting design by Clint Kaster. The work was partially funded by RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council) with support from Dave Frey. Press Comments "This is the face of a new wave in Portland dance.... ‘Ward of Court’ isn’t so much raging against the machine as it is observing it through a smart, cinematic eye. And it’s the best case made this season for dance that lets the visual arts share center stage." Catherine Thomas, The Oregonian, April 2003 Credits Animation & Multi Channel: Rose Bond Choreography: Dawn Joella Jackson Music & Sound Design: Heather Perkins Set Sculpture: Matt Cartwright Dancers: Dawn Joella Jackson and Daniel Addy Light Design: Clint Kasner" Composite Artist: Zak Margolis Software Programming: Steve Farris DVD Authoring: Mark McGee PRINT-FRIENDLY VERSION