Some of the best things in life seem to happen by chance.
Chance is the latest project by Jane Jerardi - a set of video-dance shorts and a public art project that considers the luck of being in the ‘right place at the right time.' It focuses on the everyday coincidences that go mostly unnoticed, but create beautiful relationships between people. Imagine this: on an early fall night in DC, eerie and beautiful dance videos appeared projected on the outside of buildings. Those passing by walking on 14th Street near Logan Circle or on New York Avenue downtown were stopped by larger-than-life images of dance and light overhead. Chance brought the startling and beautiful to everyday places.
The Chance series was presented as a public art project by Transformer. It appeared in September 2007 at The Warehouse, 1515 14th Street NW, the Dance Institute of Washington, and next door to Mexicali Blues Restaurant in Arlington at the close of the annual street festival Clarendon Day. In early December, it was presented again at Glen Echo Park, one of the locations which appears in the video. And in late January, the Oxford Occasional presented it informally as a part of its salon series in Philadelphia.
Now, it is available for screenings in other locations.
The project began with a residency at the School for Arts in Learning (SAIL), where Jane taught improvisation and choreography for the camera to a small group of 5th and 6th grade students. . In late March 2006, we shared our experiments and kicked off the Chance project in an exhibition and outdoor screening at the school.
The whole project was made possible through the Creative Communities Fund of the Community Foundation of the National Capital Region.
