Re: body/machine

From: Company In Space (cis@companyinspace.com)
Date: 09/28/01


this article  by Julie Clarke j.clarke6@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
www.vicnet.net.au/~stevem/julie/index.htm
Candidate Phd Fine Arts, Cinema Studies, Classics & Archeology


( an australian academic   who has also written extensively on the work of
Stelarc)  in responce to company in space recent performance C03  maybe be
of interest in context of body/technology interface conference and might of
general interest to others  on dance tech list   the performance took place
a couple of weeks ago amidst   the instability of global events.

the work was utilized real time motion capture performers, one in Melbourne
- Australia --  the second in Florida State University  performing in VR
worlds  

images and video documentation of combined screen out put and live space is
available.

best wishes 

hellen  sky 
-- 
COMPANY IN SPACE
Co-directors: Hellen Sky and John McCormick
PO Box 1495
St Kilda, Vic, 3182, Australia.

Phone/Fax: + 61 3 9534 6676
Email: cis@companyinspace.com
Web: www.companyinspace.com


> From: "Jim Ruxton" <cinetron@passport.ca>
> Reply-To: dance-tech@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:34:50 -0400
> To: <dance-tech@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: body/machine
> 
> 
> body/machine:
> 
> a conference on the body/technology interface
> Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28 in Toronto
> 
> body/machine is a three-day public and academic conference dedicated to
> exploring the body/technology interface. Initiated by the Moving
> Pictures Festival, the conference is being hosted by the Faculty of Fine
> Arts at
> York University as well as downtown Toronto institutions and organizations
> such as Ontario College of Art and Design, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts
> Centre, V-tape and Pages Books. Programming runs the gamut from academic
> paper presentations and panels to artists'talks and workshops, public
> performances, installations and lecture/demonstrations.
> 
> Highlights include the Anatomic Cabaret of multidisciplinary
> performance, installations in various downtown Toronto sites including Petra
> Kupper's
> Touch, Stelarc's Alternative Interfaces and Sophia Lycouris' Bodysight.
> Papers and panels on subjects ranging from the cyborg body to the future
> of animation will take place on York University campus. Presenters include
> Robert Wechsler(Germany), Kinga Araya (Canada), Terry Braun (UK), Bruce
> Elder(Canada), Kent De Spain (USA), Isa Gordon and Jesse Jarrell(USA)
> and Yacov Sharir(USA). Screenings, workshops and artists' talks round out
> the schedule.
> 
> The Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video takes place
> immediately following the conference from Monday, October 29 through
> Saturday, November 3.
> 
> Programming details and registration forms are now available at
> www.movingpicturesfestival.com (click body/machine) or contact:
> 
> body/machine
> c/o Moving Pictures Festival
> 253 College Street, # 102
> Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R5
> ph (416) 961 5424/fx (416) 961 5624
> bodymachine@hotmail.com
> 
> 
> 




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