Ludmila Rodrigues

Holding the Wind in Your Hand departs from the experience of seafaring, examining its social and technological features to create a multisensory experience inside the Soulangh’s exhibition hall. The artists attempt to blend methods of kite flying with the 17th century sailing technologies that brought distant cultures closer together. While land and water can be subjected to territorialization, thus becoming objects of geopolitical dispute, the winds cannot be easily measured, or controlled, neither claimed by any state. Air, blast, breeze, gale, gust… As a force of nature, the wind can be a beneficial energy source, or a pleasant breeze in the hot days; however, in extreme weather conditions, the wind can be dangerous and a fatal agent of disaster, during tempests, cyclones and so forth. Wind cannot be tamed, it doesn’t follow any human regulations. We can only learn to collaborate with it.

Light sculpture for public spaces, in collaboration with Mike Rijnierse. Photo by Jean Baptiste Gurliat

Décor NDT 1, 10 beelden

Design for a performative exhibition

Het is opmerkelijk dat mensen over de hele wereld keer op keer de neiging hebben om een schitterende zonsondergang te fotograferen. Tegenwoordig hebben onze mobiele apparaten het nog onweerstaanbaarder gemaakt. Zij proberen dit alledaagse fenomeen van epische, stralende kleuren te registreren. Het bevriest laaiende schoonheid en men deelt het graag met hun geliefden.

décor voor dans

Een tactiele ruimte die het publiek uitdaagt om binnen te lopen.

Appropriating the context of the historical site, a fortress build in the ring of Antwerp — and rendered obsolete from the moment its construction was finished — the work reflects on the performativity of warfare, inviting the audience to witness a break of expectations and surrender to a sensual encounter with the architecture.

Immersive installation for 2 visitors at a time, FILE Festival, São Paulo

Shattered bodies spread around a soft, cushioned rocket (or a missile?), lying motionless, to the sound of a descendant Sheppard tone. The performance explores the concept of gravity, through the suggestion of bodies which seem to have fallen or tumbled by the shock of a bomb.

This series of reliefs explores the tactile as well as the acoustic properties of folded paper, through geometric patterns that were laser cut. Presented at 'Paperworks' Corrosia Cultural Center, Almere, 2018.

Design of 3 props: 3 lightweight structures to be manipulated by the action of the dancers. Co-Production Korzo Theater and Taipei Dance Forum

Participatory installation for two visitors to enter a mirrored haptic dialogue

The work explores a tactile choreography improvised by two persons, whether performers or public. Eyes closed, they mirror the sensations provided by the movement played on each other's face. The game suggestes the possibility of a haptic communication, spontaneously creating a participatory performance.

installation as presented for duo exhibition at TETEM, Enschede, Nov 2017-Jan 2018

Artist & Architect workshop for 12 days at National University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Articulated net of polyhedra, ever changing interconnected shapes. Shown in PlayfulArts (Den Bosch), Schema Museum (South Korea), Cinekid (Amsterdam) and Korzo Theater (The Hague)

Interactive installation for the Winter Anti Depression Show, at MARRES, Maastricht

Dance piece by choreographer Marina Mascarell. The stage was covered 120 kg of lentils which were manipulated with wooden tools

Computer interface for audience participation. Collaboration with software developer Daniel Berio.