Back It Up

For my master's thesis in Media Design at Piet Zwart Institute, I explored documentation of ephemeral arts, focusing on social dancing. This research is a synthesis of examples and experiments to approach the question: to what extent can we archive social dance? A series of experiments supported by psychological theory, personal graphical approaches and interviews with dancers create a collected view on the matter of documenting social dance and the means in which we could do it.

Despite the limitations of the printing process given by the Espresso Book Machine at The American Book Center, I strived for the publication to be as interactive as possible. I wanted to allow the reader to experience the rhythm and fluidity of dance through graphic and print design.

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