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Productive: An Interactive Audio Workshop, Sun April 6

Posted by Martha Williams on March 12, 2008 at 1:06am

Led by sound designer Norm Scott www.normscott.com and director/choreographer Martha Williams www.themovementmovement.orgFor curious artists, dancers/choreographers, video-ists; students of all of these who want to interface their medium with sound and wonder how to do that or where to begin; or for folks who simply want to learn more about sound making process.In this interactive workshop, participants will have an opportunity to actually be a part of the recording and compositional process. They will go "out into the streets" to record that will later be contributed to a short score. Prior to the field trip portion of the class, we will discuss the formulas and limits for sound collection and the meaning and relevance of intention and limits in the creative process. We will especially look at how we can infuse the theme, which is “productivity," every step of the way. Upon collection of sound, we will return to engage in the interactive compositional portion of the day concluding with a real live useable score that will (in some form) be a part of The Movement Movement's full length evening contemporary dance piece premiering at the Joyce SoHo in June 2008.Sun April 6th, 10 AM to 4 PM - $50 (12 person limit)Harvest Works596 Broadway, Suite 602 (btwn Houston and Prince)New York, NYTo register visit www.harvestworks.org – go to classes/audioFor more information on content contact Martha Williams info@themovementmovement.org

Flickr Group for Dance-Tech

Posted by Jaki Levy on March 12, 2008 at 1:00am

Please join the dance-tech flickr group.http://www.flickr.com/groups/dancetech/I'd love to see your work, process, and documentation here, as well as finished pieces.This will be a nice way to share work with larger pool of people and extend the dialogue.

MARCH 13 – APRIL 19 OPENING: THURSDAY MARCH 13, 6 – 8PM What does it mean to think GREEN? Eyebeam’s Feedback exhibition surveys artists, designers, architects and engineers on the topic of sustaina

Posted by Eyebeam on March 11, 2008 at 4:54pm


MARCH 13 – APRIL 19 OPENING: THURSDAY MARCH 13, 6 – 8PM
What does it mean to think GREEN? Eyebeam’s Feedback exhibition surveys artists, designers, architects and engineers on the topic of sustainability.
FEEDBACK EVENTS + WORKSHOPS AT EYEBEAM:
MARCH 15: TIME’S UP! BICYCLE CLOWN BRIGADE AFTER-PARTY A TOAST TO CELEBRATE THE BIKE LANE LIBERATION RIDE
MARCH 29, 3–6PM: SUSTAINABILITY + ARCHITECTURE LIVING ARCHITECTURE REVIEW W/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
APRIL 5, 3–6PM: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES + USE/REUSE WORKSHOPS BY ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN FEEDBACK
APRIL 19, 3–6PM: SUSTAINABILITY ACTION DAY TOXIC TOURS + URBAN GARDENING WORKSHOPS BY ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN FEEDBACK
FOR MORE INFO + REGISTRATION EMAIL bookstore@eyebeam.org OR VISIT www.eyebeam.org FOR DETAILS
ART + TECHNOLOGY CENTER Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6PM 540 W. 21st Street, New York, NY 10011 212.937.6580 info@eyebeam.org \| www.eyebeam.org

Jerwood Moving Image Award UK: Winners announced!

Posted by InterventTech: >> (claire_w) on March 9, 2008 at 8:02pm

Find out the winners of the first ever Jerwood Moving Image Award! Established this year to support and promote the myriad of disciplines that fall under the umbrella term ‘digital moving image’, these awards provide a platform for debating the present state and future prospects of the artform in the UK.Find out more at InterventTech: >> News and Threads-claire_w-

dance-tech.net@STEIM, Amsterdam

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on March 8, 2008 at 6:16pm

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ID... Sunday at Three, 92nd St Y!

Posted by Ashley A. Friend on March 7, 2008 at 4:08pm

Hello fellow dance-techians...This is an announcement for my latest piece. The piece is a work in progress and the most tech that I have applied are my mean skills of sound editing the Beach Boys... and silence... mixed with a little Aphex Twin... just a sketch. The other view of technology that I hold involves the mechanics of the body and the creation of a movement structure or system that I call the scary body, more below. If you are here in NY please try to attend, thanks a lot.Ashley A. Friend: The Contemporary Dance Core (TCDC) will be performing the latest evening-length version of the newest piece entitled ID at the historic and celebrated 92nd St Y on Sunday, March 9th at 3pm.This is such an exciting opportunity to show the new work. Each month the 92nd St Y features one choreographer or dance company. The environment of the 92nd St Y Sunday Afternoon Series is calm and offers a chance for audience response, plus coffee!Description of ID:ID is inspired by the relationship between decision-making and self-identification. It investigates health, impact, destruction and construction, and the connections concerning the body and brain. The piece is an exploration of the awkward body and includes a movement vocabulary Friend has titled the scary body; this dance expression was informed by the physical response to ergonomic architectural prosthetic impediments that were placed on the dancers bodies and challenged the way the original movement phrases were executed. These impediments augmented and distorted the already inventive movement and also create another layer of personality and personal intention as related to health and living with epilepsy. Friend has used vocabulary from this method within ID.Friend has also explores the new concept of Negotiation, Opposition, and Decision (NOD) as she responds to questions within her choreography and movement improvisation with the definitive “Yes” or “No”. She negotiates what the next movement could be through opposition and then makes a decision on the spot. NOD splinters decision-making and the dancer must consider each movement and hold a political forum within the body; Negotiating and Opposing prior to making the irrevocable Decision to move. With NOD as the second basis and her icon of the scary body as the foundation for movement vocabulary construction Friend has plunged head first to confront her own id.Because of the nature of a solo ID is particularly personal and especially refined with accuracy, precision, and depth to the subject. ID is a voyage of personal identification by means of decision-making both verbal and physical, through dance and storytelling. The piece is riddled with laughter, compulsion, and catharsis.Thank you so much for your interest in dance, choreography, and art! If you are in the New York area please come to this event. Your presence, individuality, and bequeathed artistic interpretive views will be worshiped by me. Contact the 92nd St Y or myself if you have any questions about the performance or just want to start a ciber-logue.*Please note that March 9 is daylight savings (spring forward)All the Best,Ashley A. FriendArtistic Director,The Contemporary Dance Corewebsite for The Contemporary Dance Core (TCDC)http://www.dancecore.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYU7wwANYhA...92nd St Y1395 Lexington at 92nd StNew York, NY 10128www.92Y.org/harkness212.415.555292nd St Y Harkness Dance Center receives major support from the Harknesss Foundation for Dance and The Arnhold Foundation.

Real Research in Virtual Worlds

Posted by Eva YaaAsantewaa on March 6, 2008 at 3:11pm

March 09, 2008, 4:00 PMReal Research in Virtual WorldsA demonstration and discussion with Piet Hut and Karen Sobel Lojeskihosted by Philoctetes: The Multidisciplinary Study of ImaginationLocation and complete info at http://philoctetes.org/.

This Week at Eyebeam: FEEDBACK | Reenactment | James Chimpton

Posted by Eyebeam on March 6, 2008 at 7:30am

This Week at Eyebeam: FEEDBACK | Reenactment | James Chimpton … more!

Dance Parade

Posted by Chris Jordan on March 5, 2008 at 7:09pm

Peter Shapiro has made me regret not going to this last year; so will definetly be going this year:http://www.danceparade.org/Its in great part attempting to shed some light on the racist cabaret laws, as well as keep the ny spirit alive that started such things as well...every major social advancement in U.S. history.cj

Vive la Difference: Interview with Robert Wechsler (Nürnberg /New York)

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on March 3, 2008 at 10:00am

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dance-tech.net interviewed via Skype dance and technology pioneer Robert Wechsler, director of Palindrome. He is a choreographer, dancer and developer of interactive ways of performing using new technology. His interest in sensors and electronic devices dates back to the 1970's when he used hand-held electronic devices to generate sounds through his movement on stage. This was in Ames, Iowa, in the United States where he was studying genetics. A move to New York City and a ten-year dance training (SUNY Purchase, Merce Cunningham, Maggie Black, ...) did little to lessen his interest in science and technology. For his choreography and dancing he has been honored with a Fulbright Fellowship, a Nürnberg Innovation Award (2000), CynetArt (first prize for multi-media achievement, 2001), first prize for best interactive art at the Berlin Transmediale (2002) and was second place for the Jury Prize of the Monaco Dance Forum in 2006. In 2004, Wechsler designed England's first masters degree program in digital performance at Doncaster College which he head for two years. He is the author of articles concerned with dance and new media for Leonardo Magazine, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Ballet International, Dance Magazine, Dance Research Journal, Nouvelle de Danse, Der Tanz der Dinge and others. His first book, "Motion Tracking -- a practical guide for performing artists" is scheduled for publication later this year. Video Editing courtesy of Ashley A. Friend

InterventTech News and Threads - NODE.London

Posted by InterventTech: >> (claire_w) on March 3, 2008 at 12:00am

Hi all,I've just posted a piece on my top picks for NODE.London Spring Season March-24th April. As an organisation they don't have much support from funders - this considering, the programme is pretty alright...Igloo are of course doing something...http://interventtechnewsandreviews.blogspot.com/-claire_w-

Yanira Castro's "Center of Sleep"

Posted by Eva YaaAsantewaa on March 2, 2008 at 11:06pm

Here's a link to my musings on Yanira Castro's Center of Sleep.

The Golden Viral: Leslie and Ly's

Posted by marc on March 2, 2008 at 5:30am

On the day of love, I stood on an old dirty couch and watched a Midwest diva rap about the powers of her shoulder pads and sweater appliqué. The low-budget big-impact show was all flash with projections, heavy electro beats complete with backup singers. It was the Leslie and Lys show at the Mercury Lounge in New York City, and it was sold-out: people dancing, laughing, singing along to her not-so-underground hits, and getting the chance to touch her red rouge cheeks. CDs, t-shirts and other crap were being sold near the front door. How did this happen? In a city of million dollar rat holes, how does an underground phenomenon emerge? Simple: she unleashed her shtick via the internet, exploiting her talent for visual art, music making, dance and performance. Well, the dancing is not going to make her a star, but her moves are fierce and funny.Her entrance that night:

In front of skewed videos of chubby aerobic classes, dog grooming, and other weird 80s cultural ephemera, I felt like I was watching a genius. There were low tech effects, like a giant black sock to disguise her dramatic entrance, and the music was courtesy of her laptop, which sat right to the side of the stage. It was technological full disclosure, low and hi-tech. And she shakes and strokes her full-figure beauty/booty in a tight gold-lame confection…a space suit for her alien glamour. Again: nothing to hide. Nobody laughs at her, they dance with her. There were fans with gem-sweaters, called up on stage to get letters of gem-sweater authenticity and then dance: performance pop art without the pomp.It’s Americana from hell. But so lovely are Leslie’s talents that what could be simple kitsch becomes a sophisticated commentary on body-image, whiteness, celebrity and DIY technologies and culture: she didn’t name her CD ceWEBrity for nothing. And, it’s a shit load of fun.See this article about her formative gemness: http://www.boston.com/yourlife/fashion/articles/2005/05/24/bedazzled/

http://www.lesliehall.com/#

Radars & Fences: When the Paradigms of Discipline and Control Collide_cool!

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 29, 2008 at 6:30pm

Conference March 6-7 New York University Radars and fences, satellites and walls, networks and bunkers. Two different sets of technologies confront us: the former epitomize the selective and flexible character of what Gilles Deleuze termed the “societies of control”; the latter embody the “old” disciplinary paradigm based on separation, physical mass containment, and restriction of the freedom of movement. Most of the times control and discipline coexist ad reinforce each other; sometimes they seem to collide. This is due to a variety of far-reaching factors and transformations occurring in the productive sphere. As a matter of fact, it is the very structure of the network society, with its decentralization of tasks and constant multiplication of electronic eyes that threatens the opacity of physical and immaterial bunkers. By looking at the grey areas where control and discipline, transparency and secrecy, democracy and the state of exception overlap and collide, Radars and Fences provide a cross-disciplinary platform whereby researcherstists, journalists, filmmakers, and activists can negotiate new and critical p, arositions. Go to conference site

Reblogged from Great Dance: Danciti and Article19 Are Off the Mark in Their YouTube Criticism

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 29, 2008 at 5:30pm

This is a very interesting post by Doug Fox and very relevant comment thread: Danciti and Article19 are discouraging dancers and dance companies from using YouTube. And both are critical of New York City Ballet for creating a new video channel on YouTube. I believe that both Danciti and Article19 are way off the mark. YouTube is one of the most popular websites and their traffic far exceeds sites such as Vimeo and Blip.tv, which the two publications reference. Go to post or see feed in out left side bar

dance-tech.net recommends: (Rus)h presented by HERE at 3LD, NYC

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 29, 2008 at 7:30am

Tonight, I went to see (Rus)h, presented and produced by Here. A theater/dance multimedia piece directed by Kristin Marting , text and video by James Scruggs and media effects by Hall Eagar. This intimate tale of pleasure and pain with a complex take on the "down Low" gets augmented with a brilliant and slick stage and video design. Besides a very clear integration of the technology in their creative process, is the the use of "tablets" as "video puppets" that makes it more compelling. These tablets are carried by two performers that engage in the actions revealing complementary segments of the global composition or re-arranging them in complete new wholes. The video is ran using Isadora for the two rear projection screens and it is also used to send cues to the tablets. The tables running Isadora receive the cues via the wireless network and play video files that are stored locally. They will be paying until mid march. Very good! If you attend please comment here!

dance-tech.net recommends: Yanira Castro+ Company at DTW, NYC

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 29, 2008 at 7:30am

Yanira Castro+Company is at Dance Theater Workshop.this weekend. I went last night and it really creates a dynamic space within the DTW theater. She transformed DTW theater in a space that reflects the instability and energy of puberty and gestation. I enjoyed a distributed way of integrating the musicians (directed Castro and Stephan Moore) within a changing world of analog sounds and digital processing, from 8bit game toys to real vacuum cleanrs. It is surprising and quotidian. The musicians radicalize the space with their deliberate and simple actions creating a counterpoint of movable nodes. The space became a changing body flooded by "hormonal sounds". The space danced! I you go please comment here!! Yanira Castro + Company Photographer: Julieta Cervantes Title: Center of Sleep Choreography: Yanira Castro, in collaboration with performers Venue: Dance Theater Workshop Date: February 26, 2008 Performer Credits Luke Miller (audience watching) Joseph Poulson, Heather Olson, Luke Miller Watch interview with Yanira Castro:

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Playing and dancing with Gameboys@MIXER Party

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 27, 2008 at 5:30am

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I had a lot of fun dancing to the music created by Bubblyfish with loops payed from several Gameboys. Sorry that I had to change the soundtrack! the sound levels of my camera were too high so lots of distortion. That is her music anyway...

MIXER, Eyebeam’s new series dedicated to showcasing leading performing artists in the fields of live video and audio. In addition to live performance by video artists, musicians, VJs and DJs, each MIXER event will present new interactive work by Eyebeam artists that encourages audience participation and creative play. Hybrid in format, and Eyebeam in spirit—collaborative, spontaneous and a little off-the-wall—MIXER will electrify Eyebeam’s Chelsea warehouse for a Saturday night quite unlike any other. Media sponsor: The Onion. Liquor sponsored by Newcastel Brown Ale and Kronenbourg 1664 http://www.eyebeam.org/about/news/022008.html http://www.eyebeam.org/

Choreographing Media: "Silent Room" by skoltz_kolgen

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 26, 2008 at 10:00pm

A CROSS-SECTED VIEW OF 16 PEOPLE, 16 ROOMS, 16 PRIVATE LIVES, SILENT ROOM IS AN X-RAY VISION OF 16 INTERIORS. IN THIS FILM-POEM, THE ROOM IS FELT FROM THE INSIDE. AN INTERIOR STEEPED IN DISCONTINUITY, WHERE UNUSUAL AND POETIC COMMUNICATIONS UNFOLD WORDLESSLY, THROUGH A CONTAMINATION OF THE SENSES. RATHER THAN A STORY LINE, THERE IS A SET OF TABLEAUX VIVANTS, EACH CRAFTED AROUND A FIXED IDEA, AN IMPULSE, A VOID, A HUNGER FOR AN IDEAL. SILENT ROOM IS A CINEMA OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, A CHAMBER CINEMA, WHEREIN THE MOST SILENT AND LEAST VISIBLE ELEMENTS VIOLENTLY DESCEND TO MURMUR ITS PRESENCE. IN THEIR WORK, THE SKOLTZ_KOLGEN ARTISTS USE A FOTOCINETIQUE APPROACH FOUNDED ON THE TEMPORAL FRAGMENTATION OF ACTION. TO ACHIEVE THIS EFFECT, SEVERAL SIMULTANEOUS CAPTATION TECHNIQUES WERE USED, IN CONFRONTATIONS OF VARIOUS VANTAGE POINTS. FOR A MORE PRECISE CONTROL OF TIME, A BATTERY OF CAMERAS WERE SEQUENTIALLY SYNCHRONIZED TO TAKE OVER 10,000 PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DIGITIZED AND ANIMATED. THE SKOLTZ_KOLGEN CELL THEN DEVELOPED DIGITAL FREQUENCY-SENSITIVE IMAGE- GENERATING SOFTWARE THAT INSTANTANEOUSLY SHADOWS THE AUDIO TRACK — SOMEWHAT LIKE A HEARTBEAT MONITOR THAT SHADOWS THE FREQUENCIES OF A HEARTBEAT, BUT IN THIS CASE EACH FREQUENCY OF SOUND CAN GENERATE ITS IMAGE EQUIVALENT. PLAYING WITH INTERLUDES OF THIS SPLIT-SECOND SYNERGY BETWEEN SOUND AND FILM, THE MUSIC AND SCORING EXPRESS A STATE OF AFFECT WITHIN THE ROOMS AND THE INTERNAL REALITY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS THE FILM'S NARRATIVE TRACK. THERE IS NO DIALOGUE TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OR ANY REASSURANCES FOR THE VIEWER. INSTEAD, WE REMAIN IN A STATE OF CONTROLLED HYPNOSIS. SILENT ROOM IS AN ART OBJECT THAT DEFIES CLASSIFICATION — A HIGHLY POTENT FILM OF ITS TIME. Via dance-tech list by Hélène Lesterlin I saw the video work of skoltz_kolgen in Montreal and thought their work also had a very strong element of choreography, movement, humanness, tenderness, staging, theatricality... I saw the five channel video work entitled "Silent Room". Beautiful! If you get a chance to see their work, do it. http://www.skoltzkolgen.com/

Quasar - a new site-specific installation

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 26, 2008 at 12:00am

Quasar Exhibition from Aaron Bocanegra on Vimeo. See more in Interactive Architecture

MARCH 13 – APRIL 19 OPENING: THURSDAY MARCH 13, 6 – 8PM

FEEDBACK EVENTS + WORKSHOPS AT EYEBEAM:

MARCH 15: TIME’S UP! BICYCLE CLOWN BRIGADE AFTER-PARTY A TOAST TO CELEBRATE THE BIKE LANE LIBERATION RIDE

MARCH 29, 3–6PM: SUSTAINABILITY + ARCHITECTURE LIVING ARCHITECTURE REVIEW W/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

APRIL 5, 3–6PM: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES + USE/REUSEWORKSHOPS BY ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN FEEDBACK

APRIL 19, 3–6PM: SUSTAINABILITY ACTION DAYTOXIC TOURS + URBAN GARDENINGWORKSHOPS BY ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN FEEDBACK

FOR MORE INFO + REGISTRATION EMAIL bookstore@eyebeam.orgOR VISIT www.eyebeam.org FOR DETAILS

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MARCH 13 – APRIL 19
OPENING: THURSDAY MARCH 13, 6 – 8PM

MARCH 15: TIME’S UP! BICYCLE CLOWN BRIGADE AFTER-PARTY
A TOAST TO CELEBRATE THE BIKE LANE LIBERATION RIDE

MARCH 29, 3–6PM: SUSTAINABILITY + ARCHITECTURE
LIVING ARCHITECTURE REVIEW W/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

APRIL 5, 3–6PM: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES + USE/REUSE
WORKSHOPS BY ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN FEEDBACK

APRIL 19, 3–6PM: SUSTAINABILITY ACTION DAY
TOXIC TOURS + URBAN GARDENING
WORKSHOPS BY ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN FEEDBACK

FOR MORE INFO + REGISTRATION EMAIL bookstore@eyebeam.org
OR VISIT www.eyebeam.org FOR DETAILS