Hello, As promised finally -- it's on line -- in case you wonder what it is ---> the first few paragraphs are appended http://huizen.dds.nl/~sdela/transdance/report/ A number of little images to download -- little long over a dial up -- but you can shut images off if you need to ... or click right away on the 'printable' version in the upper left hand corner for a no image read only file. best Scott ****************************************************** A Research Laboratory Report: TRANSDANCE Research Lab on Body, Motion and Technology 23-31 May 2001, Athens, Greece Description: The TRANSDANCE research laboratory was conceived and organised by Yiannis Skourogiannis of ALAS as a part of "e-phos 2001", the 3rd International Festival of Film and New Media on Art from 23 May - 2 June in Athens. ''e-phos 2001'' was entirely devoted to the BODY KINESIS and BODY ANAMORPHOSIS and included a wide range of activities such as telematic dance perfomance, multimedia theatre perfomance, live electronic music festival, video games festival, festival of documentaries on art, s&m fashion show, lectures, and new media exhibitions. TRANSDANCE was advertised on the website (http://www.filmart.gr/) as a 'dance and technology' research lab on 'body, movement, technology'. The dates of the research lab were 23-31 May 2001, the precise location was in two warehouses located behind IME (Foundation for the Hellenic World) at 254 Pireos str., Athens, Greece. The lab was structured as a research project for professional artists with established practices. This means there was no separation between 'students' and 'teachers', and all learning took place in the context of peer to peer exchange. The international selection of invitees came from a diverse range of artistic backgrounds: electronic music, the visual and theatre arts, dance and performance art, interactive/ digital media and net art. They were: Sophia Lycouris (UK); Jenny Marketou (USA); John McCormick (AU); Konstantinos Moschos (GR); Alexandros Psychoulis (GR); Konstantinos Rigos (GR); Yacov Sharir (USA); Christian Ziegler (DE). Short biographies are included at the end of this report. My role was described as research or process advisor for the project. The production coordinator was Maria Softsi and Chrysostomos Maslatzidis was Technical Advisor. Summary: The TRANSDANCE research laboratory explored a variety of interfaces between the physical and virtual worlds. While taking the theme of 'dance and technology' as a starting point, TRANSDANCE supported a wider range of conceptions of the physical body or bodies, from the trained to the everyday, the social and the collective. It focussed on the virtual space as a networked space that can function as a performance space, a shared, creative, social and playful space. Through exploring interference and mapping processes, the participants worked towards realising the transformative possibilities inherent in emerging technologies. The lab has given rise to three extended projects (an animation and telematic project and a documentary). Hopefully the following report presented as a set of open conceptual tools and methodologies will help disseminate the results of the research to the wider community where further artistic investigation needs to continue to inform the technological developments in these areas. ---------------------------------------------------==| ---------------------------------------------------==| Scott deLahunta Writing Research Associates, NL Sarphatipark 26-3, 1072 PB Amsterdam, NL mobile: +44 (0)797 741 2060 [messages too] fax: +44 (0)845 334 2931 email: sdela@ahk.nl www: http://huizen.dds.nl/~sdela/main.html ---------------------------------------------------==| ---------------------------------------------------==|
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