>From: "Samara L. Thompson" <samarat@yorku.ca>
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>Subject: Re: Life Forms Generated Choreography
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>Hello!
>
>I agree with you that there are still numerous possibilities to be explored
>with Life Forms, as there are with dance and technology.
>
>I deliberately selected human figures to animate as that was my
>choreographic
>interest. I decided, however, not to use faces, so that there was a level
>of
>abstraction. The closer the figures look to "real" the more others notice
>how
>they are not. I felt the abstraction would facilitate a bit of acceptance
>of
>the digitized body and movements which were not always humanly possible.
>In
>other parts of my work (which I didn't have on the site), the projections
>that
>the dancers interacted with were shown in a variety of drawing styles, like
>sticks and outlines, to further illustrate various ways to represent the
>human
>body.
>
>As dance artists abstract the human form more and more, perhaps we are
>seeing
>the blending of dance and visual arts. So that could lead us to the bigger
>question of what is dance?
This is exactly the field of my interest. This question leads to the
distinction of what is dance and what is choreography? Personally I think
that dance is made far to often from out the experience of the dancer rather
then from out a distant perspective to compose movement through space and
time. Therefore i think that the exploration of 'impossible' movements
stretches the boundaries and that new technology stretches the boundaries of
what is possible with dance. And therethrough composition is getting more
priority. But this is a long discussion, which I like to have. On august the
30th I'm giving a lecture demonstration at the University Utrecht about the
that item. Especially how LifeForms gives an overall view on time and space
and which advantage this has for choreographers and there compositional
skills.
kind regards, annelie david
>
>
>Annelie David wrote:
>
> > >
> > Dear Samara,
> >
> > I'm glad to see that people are still making work with LifeForms. Here
>in
> > The Netherlands most of the choreographers are thinking that it is an
> > oldfashion tool. In my opinion The tool isn't yet explored enough to
>make
> > such a statement.
> >
> > Your choreography is a clearly defined piece of work. My question is
>while
> > working with LifeForms too: Why trying to make it as realistic as
>possible,
> > especially using the models looking like dancers? I'm wondering what can
>we
> > do with choreography else then working with "dancers"? But that is of
>course
> > a very personal point of view and doesn't really relate to your work.
> >
> > keep ongoing,
> >
> > Annelie David
> >
> > >
> > >Hi!
> > >I am presenting a new piece of choreography at the fringe Festival of
> > >Independent Artist (fFIDA) in Toronto. The dance creates an
>environment
> > >where live dancers interact with their computer-generated counterparts.
> > >These virtual partners have been animated using Life Forms. If you
> > >would like more detailed information, please check out my web site at
> > >http://telusplanet.net/public/brthomp/home.html
> > >
> > >I would be very interested in feedback and comments on my work. Please
> > >send them to samarat@mac.com
> > >
> > >Thanks!
> > >
> > >Samara L. Thompson
> > >
> > >[Image]
> >
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