Interview with Grisha Coleman: Listening when the Land Talks Back

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on January 28, 2008 at 6:59am

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A call for reflexion on communication style on comments for this network, please watch!

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on March 30, 2008 at 6:30am

Find more videos like this on dance-tech.net This is video in which I ask for a reflexion on the tone of comments and opinion in each others work. Is related to commens from Matt to Johannes posts: http://www.dance-tech.net/profiles/blog/show?id=1462368%3ABlogPost%3A1260 Johannes continued the discussion in the dance-tech email list. Please watch and comment, thank you, marlon

Dance festival in Chile / Movimiento 6

Posted by Las.Post on March 12, 2008 at 8:44pm

You can visit the website of Movimiento 6, Dance Festival in Chile, SouthAmerica, companies of Mexico, Canada, Argentina and Chile.http://www.hectornoguera.cl/movimiento6/index.html

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.

A "CLOUD: by Another TROIKA...

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on January 28, 2008 at 5:14am

Performance in London via the dance-tech list from Johannes Birringer

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on November 27, 2007 at 6:13am

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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/#

Vilayanur Ramachandran: Crossmodal Synesthetic Abstraction

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on May 1, 2008 at 6:21pm

http://www.ted.com - In a wide-ranging talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran explores how brain damage can reveal the connection between the internal structures of the brain and the corresponding functions of the mind. He talks about phantom limb pain, synesthesia (when people hear color or smell sounds), and the Capgras delusion, when brain-damaged people believe their closest friends and family have been replaced with imposters.

Stephan Moore: Creating Metabolic Sounds

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 23, 2008 at 4:08pm

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Interactive Audio Workshop, April 6 at Harvestworks

Posted by Martha Williams on March 29, 2008 at 5:49pm

This workshop is for dance, theater, film, video-ists, conceptual artists, sound artists who are interested in learning about the collaborative process between sound designer and "other." It is for those who want to interface their medium with sound or want to learn about sound making process process.In this interactive workshop, participants will go "out into the streets" to record sound that will later be contributed to a short score. Prior to the field trip portion of the class, we will discuss collaboration, 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.Sunday April 6, 10 AM to 4 PM - $50 (12 person limit) PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIREDPlease visit Harvestworks to register596 Broadway, Suite 602 (btwn Houston and Prince)Pre-payment required, space is limited to 12 participants. Please register at www.harvestworks.org under classes/audioFor questions about content please email Martha Williams info@themovementmovement.org or call 917-531-1171Facilitated by sound designer Norm Scott and director/choreographer Martha Williams**Funded in part through the Meet the Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program.**

A History of Evil

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 22, 2008 at 8:30am

Very Good News from Misnomer Dance Theater, NYC

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 13, 2008 at 5:30am

This is a very good example of two things: the power of diffusion of the internet for a good idea and alternate ways of finding funds. Congratulation to Misnomer Dance Theater! IdeaBlob announced Misnomer as the winners of their $10,000 prize. Over 1,000 of you voted for them in December! Their idea included building several features to help the performing arts online. You can read about it in the Wall Street Journal. Thank you! Your involvement keeps us creating and is deeply appreciated!

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

The epoch of the generalist has arrived

Posted by Justin Morrison on November 23, 2007 at 9:50pm

"Technical skills are less important than creative thinking," lectures Netochka in an e-mail. "The epoch of the generalist has arrived -- again. Any fool can program and most do. Software engineers are emotionally inept. In today's unstable + dynamic environment they do not stand a chance."

Attributed to Netochka Nezvanova

Chunky Move in You Tube and @The Kitchen in NYC Feb 7 - 10

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on January 27, 2008 at 4:43am

InterventTech: >> News and Threads: VIDA 10.0 Art and Artificial Life Winners

Posted by InterventTech: >> (claire_w) on January 19, 2008 at 5:30pm

First prize

Mission Eternity Sarcophagus by ETOY.Corporation (Switzerland 2006-07)

Etoy.corporation launched the Mission Eternity Project in 2005, foregrounding on the onehand respect for the human longing to survive in some way after death,and on the other a sense of irony about dated sci-fi fantasies wecontrive to satisfy that desire. The Sarcophagus is one materializationof this project. It is a mobile sepulchre that holds and displaysportraits of those who wish to have their informational remains crossover into a digital afterlife. The size of a standard cargo containerthat can travel to any location in the world, the Sarcophagus has animmersive LED screen covering its walls, ceiling and floor...

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Inspiring work of Theo Jansen

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on November 23, 2007 at 3:00am

CAGE uncaged

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on November 19, 2007 at 6:52pm

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MIDITRON Wireless!!! is finally out... and a class

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on January 18, 2008 at 3:10am

Sensors for Dancers: Wireless Sound and Video Control Through Movement

Wednesdays 2/13. 2/20. 2/27, 6:30-9:30 pm

Instructor: Eric Singer

This class will introduce sensor technology to dancers and others interested in controlling audio and video using movement. Students will learn to use the new MidiTron Wireless interface (http://miditron.com), wire and connect motion sensors (bend, flex, distance, acceleration, etc.) and control sound and video on computer. The interface and sensors can be integrated into costumes and body suits, allowing wireless freedom of movement while tracking body position and motion.

No prior knowledge of electronics or programming is required for this class. You will start from scratch, learning the basic concepts required to accomplish the class goals. You will leave with the tools to do basic work in sensor-based multimedia control and a strong foundation for going further.

Two price options are being offered. Students wishing to purchase an interface and sensors may choose Option 1. This includes the MidiTron Wireless interface at a $100 discount, plus an assortment of sensors. Option 2 does not include the MidiTron Wireless; one will be loaned for the duration of the class.

Option 1: $300 + $425 including MidiTron Wireless and sensors

Option 2: $325 without MidiTron Wireless

Great Interview from WMMNA: Anthony Hall

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 22, 2008 at 2:20am

Antony Hall's projects explore the way we interface with technology, and how our interactions with it influence us creatively and socially. Often collaborating with scientists and technologists, Hall is currently focusing his talent on the investigation of biological and physical phenomenon. Some of his recent experiments involve communication with an electric fish, the creation of life through growing crystals electrically on volcanic stone, hunting for Moss bears and training Planarian worms. Go to We make Money Not Art

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