http://www.frithstreetgallery.com/shows/view/tacita_dean_craneway/
In November 2008 British artist and Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean filmed Merce Cunningham and his company in rehearsal for an event in a former Ford assembly plant in Richmond, California. She had worked with the legendary choreographer before, but this time asked to film rehearsals rather than a performance, so that she could watch Merce more closely – and observe the construction of the dance without music, which was how he usually worked. The 1930s building is situated in the middle of a working port, overlooking San Francisco Bay and as it’s glazed on three sides, passing ship traffic, pelicans, and ever changing light all seem to contribute to the choreography – in a which is typical of Cunningham’s site specific creations – and Dean’s work in film.
