I’ll let the youtube-posted info speak for itself.
Jennifer Shahade’s submission for YouTube Play Biennial: Project with Guggenheim Museum. Hulachess explores themes of multitasking, the feminine, circular side of chess and the surprising parallels between chess and hooping. The chess moves are based on a game Duchamp lost against the Romanian master Davidescu. The video features a possible improvement by Duchamp, which would have led the game to perpetual check.
The video, created by chess champion and artist Jennifer Shahade and filmmaker Daniel Meirom, features Shahade playing red and choreographer & dancer Gabrielle Revlock playing White. Cinematography by Blake Eichenseer.
I initially found the video at Ms. Shahade’s blog. She was twice the US Woman’s Champion.
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September 27, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Anonymous
Damn! Forget the football team. If that’s what chess players look like nowadays, I’m joining the chess club!
Maybe that’s why South Fork’s football program is in trouble.
September 27, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Rose
LOL
September 27, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Anonymous
Should I ask where the captured pieces are going?
September 27, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Anonymous
And the Red Queen’s off with her head
remember what the door mouse said
September 29, 2010 at 7:58 am
Grace Slick
“Keep YOUR HEAD”
September 29, 2010 at 11:47 am
Eric Kirk
I know I have a few readers who play, including the person I met at the store the other day who asked me if I knew where he could find the actual game depicted in the video. I posted the question on Jennifer Shahade’s blog, and she responded as follows.
Hi Erik,
Thanks for your post! You can find the game here on chessgames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1579967 However, the video art depicts a deviation starting on move 24. I analyze the whole game and this deviation in Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess. http://artofchess.org/ Cheers, Jennifer