vigor in a zipper

Abstract Through a poetic lens, this writing expands the understanding of time displacement within interdisciplinary practices of dance-technology, sharing production and post-production research from the experimental film, vigor in a zipper (2024) by Jasmine Liaw. This project focuses on collaborative processes between women and gender diverse artists in screen-based media and performance. Together in conversation, Liaw shares interviews with her collaborators, who challenge dominant time structures within their queerness, and experiences within dance and technology industries post- COVID-19 pandemic, and tracks how the ramifications of time displacement expose overlapping ethics between dance and technology. vigor in a zipper provides an alternative perspective from utopic world-making strategies by investigating the present, complex, and vulnerable experiences that are often threaded within diaspora, institutional training, and epigenetic trauma. The film reveals that these gaps in time offer a place to listen deeply to the gritty rhythms of slow, intuitive practice as basic human needs. With vigor in a zipper , Liaw repositions time displacement as an act of erosion and transition, retracing how this change in perspective creates room for relief apart from the rapid societal agenda.