Jump Cut #1

Jump Cut is a six-part cable-access-style web series of streamed collaborations between multidisciplinary international artists. Conceived by Dana Gingras/Animals of Distinction as a way to survive and thrive in these times, Jump Cut is an opportunity to curate an unpredictable encounter between artists who are currently working in isolation. Each episode will feature a unique combination of artists to create a multi-disciplinary collaboration that will only be accessible as a unique on line experience.

The inaugural episode features Dana Gingras (Montreal), Sonya Stefan (Montreal) and Tot Onyx (Berlin). Restless and confined, they have created an eerie offering. Set in a lost space that leads nowhere, it is filled with disembodied and embodied presences that roam, taunt and multiply each other across planes.

Dana Gingras, Sonya Stefan and Tot Onyx first collaborated in 2018 on the live performance piece, anOther. Set within installation of televisions; sound, light and image converge to create an exhilarating event placing a living, breathing and transmuting body at the heart of the experience.

“This jewel of experimental choreography will thrill visual art and underground music aficionados.”

All donations will be used to support artists fees for Jump Cut and 10% of all donations will be given to the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal.
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Director & Performer: Dana Gingras
Video Artist & Performer: Sonya Stefan
Music Composition & Performance: Tot Onyx
Editor: Huot & Vallentin
Digital Director: Rory Seydel
Transmission Executive Producer: James Benjamin
Transmission Producer: Ian Cameron

Animals of Distinction
Artistic Director: Dana Gingras
Producer: Sarah Rogers
Production Manager: Dominique Sarrazin
Administrator: Stephanie Murphy
Co Commissioned by: CTM Festival, Goethe Institute & Cine Qua Non