Awesome
I am extremely interested in...
combining dance and technology in performance.As am I.
Hello,
It is snowing like crazy in Boston. The wind
is not that strong but the snow is clumpy and wet, making for a sodden
commute to my office. Where the sidewalk meets the street, slush
is piling up in pools at the bottom of the ramps between the curbs. Luckily,
Rowntree 3D is close to the nearest shelter and I don't have that far to
walk to get here.
Good morning. I would like to interject my comments
in response to a couple of these messages that have been posted on this
list recently, which have the most interest to me. Mark Coniglio's
knowledge on interactive is considerable in comparison to my own.
Please pardon any misinterpretation I may present as I am only beginning
to delve into these subjects.
Johannes Birringer asked about "the relationship
you all see between dance/technology (stage and professional level workshops)
in the arts and in education... Why is d/t now becoming interesting to
education, or is it not so much dance but new media technologies in education
or as educational tools?" Mark Coniglio responded that in Bauwkunst
"the interest centered around the idea of New Media being used in educational
settings... to allow advanced students the opportunity to learn more about
the ways in which they can use technological tools and media...," but
that his emphasis was geared towards creating ways where "inexperienced,
but enthusiastic, people could "perform" music or some other media without
the prerequisite of many years of preparation...focus was on creativity
and expression, not on technique...where we focussed in our talk, on the
possibilities of using these instruments to allow a child the possibility
of controlling sound or video or light with their movements."
Johannes Birringer asked "Mark,
can you comment on differences or links you perceived between dance/technology
research & thinking in Holland/continent and in England?," a harder
question though thought provoking. I would interject that the English
are hosting ISEA
(The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts founded in Holland--The Dutch
Foundation for Creative Computer Applications organized the First International
Symposium on Electronic Art in Utrecht, Holland. ) Symposium98
in Liverpool and Manchester England at the Liverpool Art School in John
Moores University and at the Department of Fine arts at Manchester Metropolitan.
In the ISEA site I see that there are resources for communication and collaboration
in Electronic Art. From there and possibly from the web sites of
the Liverpool and Manchester University programs at least a little bit
(or bytes) on the English and Dutch positions of this technology could
be found.
The acrobatic realm of dance movement of Elizabeth
Streb mentioned in a previous posting sounds fascinating. Though,
I wish there had been more effects triggered by physical elements in motion
on the stage. Wow, if the sensors triggered midi effects like lights
and sounds... that would have added another level to the interface
of human movement to computers. Imagine the vibrations of the dancers
impact upon the floor reverberating through the seating amplified by sub-sonic
sound via woofers attached to the floor or the seats themselves.
Concerning education, it seems to me that educators
from Universities throughout the United States are turning on to the potential
of interactive effects triggered by movement and of course sound.
Particularly the MIT Media labs. These effects can go anywhere from
sight to sound to smell or even to touch.
response?
Phil
Rowntree 3D
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