nagl ~ wintersberger · 2011 / 2026 · from the series “Light Drawings”

Inside an ObjectInnerspace · 1 + 1 = ∞

In 2011 the drawing grounded the dance. In 2026 the dance draws back — with nothing but stroke, hatching, grey value and light.

Concept, production, video and audio: Markus Wintersberger · Choreographic concept, dance: Andrea Nagl · medienwerkstatt006

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The drawing draws back

stroke · hatching · grey · light

The inside of a drawing as dance space: in 2011 Andrea Nagl glided through projected worlds of strokes. In 2026 the relation is reversed — movement itself becomes drawing.

Stroke, hatching, grey value and play of lines are the only means; graphite and paper alternate. Inside an Object 01, 02, 05 and 06 turned out to be the same choreography in different drawings, simultaneous — this “one and one” becomes the alternating step. Image and sound come exclusively from the 2011/12 material. No generative AI.

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Chapters

long / trailer

0 · OPENING · ONE LINE

A single uninterrupted line of light draws the object — one of the 2011 shell drawings — and then, without lifting, the dancer inside it.

LONG 0:00–0:20 · TRAILER 0:00–0:12

Still · chapter 0

I · STROKE

The 2011 videos are translated frame by frame into hatching: stroke direction follows the image structure, density follows grey value; the strokes boil like a hand drawing.

LONG 0:20–1:04 · TRAILER 0:12–0:30

Still · chapter I

II · TRACE OF THOUGHT

Three times in one image: the past gesture as chalk hatching, the present as light, the coming movement as a dotted contour line.

LONG 1:04–1:50 · TRAILER 0:30–0:48

Still · chapter II

III · LIGHT DRAWING

Movement exposes itself: stroboscopic contour echoes (Marey) and light trails; at every cut one of the 100 light drawings of 2011 answers.

LONG 1:50–2:40 · TRAILER 0:48–1:10

Still · chapter III

IV · ALTERNATING STEP

Inside an Object 01 and 02 — the same choreography in two drawings — alternate every 0.6 seconds, positive and negative.

LONG 2:40–3:22 · TRAILER 1:10–1:28

Still · chapter IV

V · 1 + 1 = ∞

A Droste spiral leads into the drawing without ever arriving; the sound falls endlessly as a Shepard–Risset glissando.

LONG 3:22–4:16 · TRAILER 1:28–1:56

Still · chapter V

VI · CREDITS

Credits, the 2011 text, material and methods, references and links.

LONG 4:16–4:43 · TRAILER 1:56–2:14

Still · chapter VI
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Text 2011

German original
Das Innere einer Zeichnung wird in dieser Arbeitsserie erforscht. Die Zeichnung wird zugleich Tanzraum und Tanzpartner. Der Strich, die Schraffur, die Grauwerte und das Linienspiel bilden ein dialogisches Gegenüber. Die Tänzerin Andrea Nagl lässt sich durch diese Strichwelten gleiten. Sie schwebt in diesen projizierten Lichträumen gleich einer Gedankenspur, sie erinnert sich an die vergangene Geste und blickt auf die kommende Bewegung voraus. Die Zeichnung ist Grund für ihre Bewegung und begründet dadurch ihre Choreographie. Eins und eins ist unendlich. In diesem Wechselschritt wird die Bewegung selbst bewusst.Markus Wintersberger · 2011
Concept, video, audio
Markus Wintersberger
Choreography, dance
Andrea Nagl
Format
AV video 16:9 · 3840 × 2160 · 25 fps · long version 4:43 · trailer 2:14 · 3D animation 1:30 · GLB scene
3D
3D animation 1:30 on YouTube ↗ · 3D model on Sketchfab ↗
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0
One and one is infinite.
Markus Wintersberger · Andrea Nagl · nagl ~ wintersberger · medienwerkstatt006 · 2011 / 2026
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