Multimedia artist group Igloo shows BackStrikesEmpire, the second part of a trilogy of moving image work.

BackStrikesEmpire, filmed on location in Western Australia and New South Wales, is the follow-up of Warstars, part one of Igloos trilogy, shot in Iceland and premiered at the International Festival of Film & New Media in Athens and touring Europe.

The trilogy uses moving image and dance to explore the elemental forces of climate, to reflect the interaction between people and landscape, and to illustrate the interpretation of the human imagination and the environment. The images and choreographed narratives interweave to challenge notions of the reality of nature and how it can be influenced by individual experience and collective mythology. The final part of the trilogy will be shot in 2007 and will bring together the strands and ideas presented in parts one and two.

Ruth Gibson & Bruno Martelli have collaborated on experimental multimedia projects since 1995. They formed Igloo after the success of Daylight Robbery, a motion capture animation & WindowsNinetyEight, CdRom 1996-8, which was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2002.Their work explores metaphysical worlds using video, internet, performance & installation. Informed by contemporary dance practice, the body is the medium that drives the effects of multiple software & hardware use, which generate the screen based & live performance pieces.