Country: New Zealand-Portugal
Dicta: Todd Cochrane (face) Isabel Valverde (Videoconference)
Total chronological hours: 2 courses of 3 hours each
Hours: Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 11:30 14: 30 hrs. CHILE time
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Move: Choreographing You
13 October 2010 – 9 January 2011
Hayward Gallery
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX
southbankcentre.co.uk/move
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So after all the little videos have been captured by each grab object (three on one computer, two on the other one), I use jit.qt.movie to put all these videos together and export a mp4 video file that can be read by five multimedia players that I bought (the simplest way I found to play five independent videos). Again, it's a MIDI note telling the program "ok, now make a big video out of all these little ones". I created a small video in black which I could load already at when opening the patch. This way I could set the export settings before hand.
The big problem I got was when I tried to append all the videos automatically into the qt.movie object. I know there must be a way, but I didn't have the time to find it! So what I did finally was writing the name of all the videos (which is always the same). The resulting patch is rather beautiful.
I had to use sprintf because I couldn't get a message to output file locations with the $1 system. So I spent quite a lot of time finding this out, until my savior Yoann Trellu told me about sprintf.
Conclusion: I love MAX and the way it works. It takes a lot of time to learn its mechanics, but I will continue exploring its possibilities. Next I want to dive into the world of MSP which I didn't have the time to even touch! The sound was captured directly with he write_audio message of the grab object.
If anyone is interested in knowing more about the patch I just tried to explain or about the project it was used for, please don't hesitate asking me. I will answer with pleasure to all questions and suggestions.
See you all!
Pablo
Canadian Children's Dance Theatre (Toronto, Canadá. 2010) |
1er día
12 de octubre de 2010
Denise Fujiwara es una mujer afable, y eso me gusta. No se respira protagonismo en ella, no nos crea un ambiente en el que uno debiera adorarla, ni a ella ni al Butoh.
Somos casi 30 personas y aunque pareciera un exceso no lo es en la práctica, pero debo resaltar que los comentarios finales se hacen cansados por la cantidad de gente.
Mi primer día fue un día difícil en el inicio; no había tenido contacto práctico con el quehacer teatral desde hace 7 años. Estaba nervioso pero no tenía más expectativa que la de reencontrar mi propio ritmo creativo en el contacto con el Butoh. Sé que es inherente a él (la creatividad, el encuentro con tu propio ser creativo) y no temía el no lograrlo.
Mis nervios son humanos, algo nuevo siempre es algo desconocido.
¿Y qué es lo primero que Denise nos ofrece? Ejercicios del Taiji Qigong. ¡Ejercicios que conozco desde hace casi 20 años!
El proceso del "calentamiento" es suave y claro, paso por paso: taijiqigong, posicionamiento de la cadera, control del centro, circulación, desplazamiento, contacto continuo con el compañero, fluidez de movimientos. Parecía que revivía el training de Grotowski, y en una primera sesión. Mi pie entonces avanzaba seguro, mi cadera era su centro, mi desplazamiento se entregaba al juego, el pasado y mi tradición estaban de mi parte.
-"We are not performers"-, decía Denise; -"don't try to show anything"-.
-"Don't do characters", nos repetía.
Mis maestros hablaban también... ¿Quiénes somos si no seres que ligan continuamente sus destinos?
El ejercicio principal fue una verdadera explosión en mi ser: trabajar con propiedades del elemento tierra; no era tratar de ser la tierra, no era qué te provoca la tierra, era ser la tierra.
Mi pasado se hacía presente, las técnicas asumidas se entrecuzaban y buscaban su propia definición. No había tiempo de pensar más allá en ese entrecuzamiento, el ejercicio estaba por empezar y las premisas eran claras: Primero palabras referentes al elemento tierra, después el movimiento, el serlo, ser estados de ese elemento; como si las palabras fueran Haikús que entran a nosotros y se transforman en nosotros (Denise nunca mencionó haikús, lo hago yo).
Mi imaginación se cruzaba, mi cuerpo podía moverse pero estaba demasiado atento a no hacer aquello que no debía de hacer; después de un rato de lucha, dejé correr el impulso (sí, recordé otra vez palabras de mi pasado). Un impulso que se volvía confuso y cambiante, un impulso que creaba imágenes y sensaciones, que movía mis pies y un impulso que provocaba dolores también.
En algún otro momento luché por evitar el llanto; temía que Denise creyera que buscaba la emoción y la proyección (lo que estaba prohibido), pero el llanto salió sin dolor, liberante. Imágenes de dureza y frialdad, primero un metal, frío y duro, entonces vino la delicadeza de la madera, y mi ser entró en el gusto por ser madera, primero en mi piel, después formar parte de ella; en otra, el miedo por la desintegración de la roca, de la arena suelta que se va con el viento; fuí un cuerpo con huesos que se desmoronaban, y lloré y soplé desesperado, y mis pies se disolvían, tiraban la arena y se deformaba mi todo. Hasta que tuve que dejar que el miedo saliera también.
Las indicaciones de Denise estaban en todo momento, durante el proceso de encuentro de los estados, durante el ser del elemento; debíamos no dejarnos ir a la par de la música (la música es muy poderosa y me ataba); debíamos no bailar no danzar; debíamos no crear escenas... ¿Qué era eso? Dejar correr sin hacer...
Cuando detuvo aquella explosión (que era la improvisación) el salón parecía un hervidero creativo. La sorpresa, era inmensa, el gusto era mayor. Denise parecía contenta, nosotros también.
El siguiente paso debía ser la repetición de dos de los estados del elemento que acabábamos de explorar. Habría que escogerlos.
¿Cómo habría de repetir eso?...
Volvimos al espacio y buscamos repetir esos dos estados; con sorpresa descubrí que no fue tan complicado; digamos que guardaba rezagos de lo hecho hace unos momentos, y mi memoria estaba fresca para retomar imágenes utilizadas y posturas que me habían llevado a esos estados; y ahora las repetía.
Después de un mucho más limitado tiempo, Denise detuvo el trabajo y nos propuso algo un tanto más complejo.
7 personas sobre la escena debían repetir 2 de sus estados del elemento experimentados en el ejercicio anterior, crear una separación entre ellos con una pausa, al terminar el primer estado ponerse de pie y mirar al público, y entonces comenzar el siguiente, al final de éste otro retomar esa posición mirando al público y salir. Entonces otro tomaría su lugar y continuaría trabajando con sus propios estados. Debíamos ser concientes del inicio y del final de cada estado que se repetía y aún del espacio escogido para realizarlo. Habría la creación de un espectáculo, ahí, en ese presente.
Aún cuando el conflicto y la contradicción era patente: volver a repetir lo aparantemente irrepetible (si dejamos correr, si era único, ¿cómo podia volver a ser verídico?), y a la vez ser conciente de la escena misma, nadie opuso objeción a las instrucciones.
Yo fui parte del grupo que inició el espectáculo improvisado.
No puedo hablar del exterior, de cómo se vió aquelló (nadie lo hizo, ni Denise), pero puedo hablar que no luché, que no estaba nervioso por ser visto o criticado, y aún más, que estaba dedicado a mi búsqueda. La experiencia teatral me daba pauta para saber cuando acabar y cambiar, eso no era complicado, pero la honestidad de re-encontarr aquél estado del elemento tierra que había escogido era el mayor reto. Dejé correr, busqué las posiciones, las imágenes, y fácil entré a la madera (ese era uno de los estados escogidos,) y después de la pausa volví a ser los huesos que se disolvían. Pero mis estados fluctuaban, no puedo asegurar que me sentía que era yo madera, lo fuí en momentos, pero también era yo en la madera, era la madera, y era la madera sintiéndome a mí. Los huesos que se disolvían eran los míos, pero también eran de otro, y la arena era yo, mis pies que se desintegraban con el viento y el movimiento mismo.
¿Debo decir que esa confusión no me era extraña? Me era como familiar, esa confusión era la que me movía, y yo la dejaba ir.
Dar el 100% nos había dicho Denise, y aunque aún no reconozco mi 100% en el Butoh, mi intención fue darlo, y lo disfruté enormemente.
Cuando terminé y salí del grupo de la escena me volví un espectador, un espectador en un estado especial, claro; pero lo que ví me sorprendió mucho más: Todos, absolutamente todos, y en un gran porcentaje, estaban dentro en su trabajo, todos tenían "un mundo", sus movimientos estaban llenos... ¡Y ese era el primer ejercicio en el curso de Butoh!
Yo estaba viendo un espectáculo hecho, con seres en movimiento haciendo algo incomprensible pero profundo y atrayente; una música hermosa de fondo (la selección de Denise era idónea, claro), y mi mente como espectador se perdía mientras mi cuerpo sentía, percibía, porque buscaba a cada uno de ellos, porque quería urgar en cada uno de sus estados. Quise volver a entrar a la escena, lo acepto, ¡el gusto era tanto¡ Ellos me invitaban a participar otra vez.
En esta sesión Butoh ha sido un reencuentro con mi ritmo creativo, pero posiblemente sea mucho más que eso.
Al final, Denise nos expuso su concepto de Butoh. Repetirlo con mi rala memoria simplemente sería un fiasco; lo debo para otro momento, cuando ese concepto lo pueda repetir con mi cuerpo mismo.
Public educational activities and events reflecting the diverse issues related to score creation will be offered at The Frankfurt Lab, and will include performances and presentations of the guest choreographers as well as lectures. Workshops and residencies organized with senior scientists and scholars aim to stimulate interdisciplinary research based on questions coming from dance practice. Exchange of information with and support for related projects is facilitated through working groups and associate networks.
The pilot project for Motion Bank is the award winning Synchronous Objects for One Flat Thing, reproduced: a joint project of William Forsythe and The Ohio State University’s Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design and the Department of Dance.
*The guest choreographers for 2010-2013 will be Deborah Hay, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, and Bruno Beltrão.
Professor Dava Newman, MIT: Inventor, Science and EngineeringGuillermo Trotti, A.I.A., Trotti and Associates, Inc. (Cambridge, MA): Design Dainese (Vincenca, Italy): Fabrication Douglas Sonders: Photography |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dava Newman, "Second Skin Bio-suit" Monday, October 18 7:00 PM MIT Bartos Theater Wiesner Building (E15) 20 Ames Street, Cambridge Free and open to the public 617-253-5229 act@mit.edu http://visualarts.mit.edu/about/lecture.html |
| Second Skin Bio-suit
With support from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts and Trotti & Assoc. Inc., Cambridge, Mass., the BioSuit was developed to provide a 'second skin' capability for astronaut performance. Processes such as electrospinning and melt-blowing have been used to develop fibers for the suit. A current mockup uses nylon, spandex and urethane layers with varied properties and electronics incorporated into the suit and helmet materials that can have "smart textile" functions relating to physiology (thermal comfort), communications and spatial orientation. Space suit research can lead to improvements in the quality of life here on earth, too, through advances in orthotics that can help children with cerebral palsy and 'smart orthoses' for stroke patients. Dava J. Newman is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT She assisted NASA in developing the Bio-Suit. Location: MIT Bartos Theater, Wiesner Building (E15) 20 Ames Street, Cambridge Free and open to the public. For more information: http://visualarts.mit.edu/about/lecture.html act@mit.edu 617-253-5229 ···················································································· ABOUT THE SERIES ···················································································· The Give Me Shelter lecture series draws together speakers from different disciplines to discuss questions such as: How can bodywear function as body extension or to support the human body under unusual conditions such as hot and cold climates? How can we expand the notion of the boundary between the body and environment? What kind of second skin would be required to survive walking through a volcano, living under water, or visiting outer space? How does clothing contribute to the question of the protection of endangered peoples and environments? The ACT Monday night lecture series is organized this term as part of the ACT course of Professor Ute Meta Bauer, Second Skin / Body Wear. Artistic Research and Transdisciplinary Studies, in collaboration with the Performance Workshop of Professor Joan Jonas and Introduction to Networked Cultures of lecturer Nitin Sawhney. ···················································································· SERIES SCHEDULE ···················································································· 9/13/10 - Climate Changes in Science Fashion Elke Gaugele Gaugele will reflect upon climate changes in "science fashion" and discuss different points of departure for its contemporary artistic research. Elke Gaugele is a cultural anthropologist and professor of Fashions and Styles at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria. 09/20/10 - Com(ment)ic: Wondersuits, Fast Skin, Poison Ivy Regina Maria Moeller Comic superheroes dress in hightech suits that support their hyperactivities with magic powers. Are these "wondersuits" fictional? Or have they become models for current "second skin" developments? Regina Maria Möller is a German artist, author, founder of the magazine regina. She is a professor at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art / Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art at the Norwegian University of Science andTechnology. 09//27/10 - 21st Century Living in the Amazon: In the Order of Chaos Laura Anderson Barbata Laura Anderson Barbata worked with the Yanomami people of the Venezuelan Amazon Rainforest, teaching them to make paper and books so they could write their own history. Barbata is a professor at the Escuela Nacional de Escultura, Pintura y Grabado La Esmeralda of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, México. 10/04/10 - Tierra Brillante Omar Foglio and Jose Luis Figueroa Tierra Brilliante ("the brightest glaze") spotlights lead poisoning suffered by practitioners of traditional ceramics in Mexico. Jose Luis Figueroa co-directed Tierra Brillante, and Omar Folgio was in charge of production for the same film. Tierra Brillante is a co-production between Galatea and the Mexican Institute of Cinema (IMCINE). 10/18/10 - Second Skin Bio-suit Dava Newman See details above. 10/25/10 - SOFT, SMART & STEALTHY: New Paradigms for Design Practice Sheila Kennedy Sheila Kennedy will present recent research and work. Sheila Kennedy is a Principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd. (KVA), an interdisciplinary design practice that explores the relationships between architecture, digital technology and emerging public needs. She is a Professor of the Practice, Architectural Design at MIT. 11/01/10 - Build your own world Steve Dietz Steve Dietz is the Artistic Director of ZER01 which produces the 01SJ Biennial, dedicated to inspiring creativity at the intersection of art, technology and digital culture. Dietz is a serial platform creator. 11/08/10 - Metabolic Studio Lauren Bon Lauren Bon will talk about current projects with her Metabolic Studio, including Silver and Water, a film made out of the silver and water historically mined out of the Owens River Valley. Lauren Bon is an artist and MIT alumna. Her Metabolic Studio is based in Los Angeles. ···················································································· ABOUT THE PROGRAM ···················································································· The MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology operates as a critical studies and production based laboratory, connecting the arts with an advanced technological community. ACT faculty, fellows and students engage in advanced visual studies and research by implementing both an experimental and systematic approach to creative production and transdisciplinary collaboration. As an academic and research unit, the ACT Program emphasizes both knowledge production and knowledge dissemination. In the tradition of artist and educator Gyorgy Kepes, the founder of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies and an advocate of "art on a civic scale," ACT envisions artistic leadership initiating change, providing a critically transformative view of the world with the civic responsibility to enrich cultural discourse. |
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Deadline to send material: December 15th, 2010.
All material should be sent to: mangapc@hotmail.com
Results will be publish: December 30th, 2010.
La Granja Art Center promotes the creation, research, experimentation, and exhibition of innovative
art work, and also the development of new social dynamics between artists and community. La
Granja conducts and implements two initiatives to accomplish its goals. One is the Artist in Residence
Program, and the second, Proyecto Chamaco (Children Project).
The Artist in Residence Program (ARP) offers a unique opportunity to step outside of the daily routine
and work in a stimulating and inspiring environment, providing the necessary isolation to concentrate
and focus in a creative process. An important component of the Program is to foster exchanges with
the community, arts organizations, promoters, and national and international artists. With the purpose
of connecting La Granja´s activities with the local community, artists will prepare one working session
with the children of Proyecto Chamaco.
The Selection Committee of La Granja will select a group of emerging and established artists from
different nationalities to develop or finish an artistic project. Upon completion of their residencies, one
of the ARP partner organization presenters will give artists the opportunity to show their results (as
finished pieces or as works in progress). The Selection Committee will evaluate the characteristics
of each project to decide its presentation space and will solve any issue not foreseen in this Call for
Proposals.
La Granja is open to all disciplines - visual, literary, performance, interdisciplinary, music, audio,
video, digital media. Priority will be given to projects focused on the creation of site-specific
pieces for La Granja including its photographic and video documentation (video dance, video
art), as well as interdisciplinary investigations.
Residency duration:
Mínimum 15 and maximum 30 days, between February 1st and May 1st, 2011.
For detailed information please visit:
Deadline to send material: December 15th, 2010.
All material should be sent to: mangapc@hotmail.com
Results will be publish: December 30th, 2010.
La Granja Art Center promotes the creation, research, experimentation, and exhibition of innovative
art work, and also the development of new social dynamics between artists and community. La
Granja conducts and implements two initiatives to accomplish its goals. One is the Artist in Residence
Program, and the second, Proyecto Chamaco (Children Project).
The Artist in Residence Program (ARP) offers a unique opportunity to step outside of the daily routine
and work in a stimulating and inspiring environment, providing the necessary isolation to concentrate
and focus in a creative process. An important component of the Program is to foster exchanges with
the community, arts organizations, promoters, and national and international artists. With the purpose
of connecting La Granja´s activities with the local community, artists will prepare one working session
with the children of Proyecto Chamaco.
The Selection Committee of La Granja will select a group of emerging and established artists from
different nationalities to develop or finish an artistic project. Upon completion of their residencies, one
of the ARP partner organization presenters will give artists the opportunity to show their results (as
finished pieces or as works in progress). The Selection Committee will evaluate the characteristics
of each project to decide its presentation space and will solve any issue not foreseen in this Call for
Proposals.
La Granja is open to all disciplines - visual, literary, performance, interdisciplinary, music, audio,
video, digital media. Priority will be given to projects focused on the creation of site-specific
pieces for La Granja including its photographic and video documentation (video dance, video
art), as well as interdisciplinary investigations.
Residency duration:
Mínimum 15 and maximum 30 days, between February 1st and May 1st, 2011.
For detailed information please visit: