Student Shortlist

Dance has provided a way for me to connect to the world and stay grounded during this difficult time. I feel present when I let the movement direct me. Dancing in an abandoned space allows me to freely express how I feel, developing a connection with an empty environment that has now been forgotten. Movement is a passage of time that provides a visual form of how one got from beginning to end. Exploring the relationship between time and movement through dance reveals a narrative, showcasing how the body remembers what the mind has forgotten.

Angela Stoll draws on her experience as a dancer to explore dance movements through photography and hand-made textiles. Working across both colour and black and white photography, Stoll uses the unpredictable nature of the pinhole camera to investigate the connection between the body, memory, and clothing. The use of long and multiple exposures captures slow movements, revealing a motion blur that records Stoll’s own dance movements as an evolving narrative of the body, tactility, and the spatial relationship with time.