Re: HELLERAU WORKSHOP - Phase III - final report

From: Todiane4@aol.com
Date: 08/13/00


Thank you so much Robert for your continued report on the Hellerau workshop.  
I am reading them with much interest.  
I would really like to have an example or two of the ""feedback-loops where 
back-and-forths of energy and impulse are achieved" that you concluded were 
the necessary and often missing link in the effectiveness of the pieces 
performed.  I find it helpful to hear about what you do not mean --e.g "3 
pirouettes instead of 2."  Can you give examples from your experience of "the 
small details" that made a difference to you in the ultimate artistic success 
of the work?  I am hungry to get a clearer picture of what you mean. 
With thanks,
Diane
In a message dated 8/13/00 6:12:14 AM, robert@palindrome.de writes:

<< But aren't we then missing the true potential for this kind of work?

Which, it seems to me, lies in another direction.  Namely, the unique

capacity of interactive systems to engage artists and audience in

"Rueckkuplungen" -- feedback-loops where back-and-forths of energy and

impulse are achieved.  This means among other things that the performer

must do slightly different things each time the piece is performed.  I

don't mean that the piece has to be completely improvised, and nor do I

mean "3 pirouettes instead of 2."  What I am talking about is paying

attention to nature of their interactive environment and being sensitive to

how it is perceived by the audience.  This, I am learning, sometimes

depends upon quite small details.   >>



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