Affexity is an interdisciplinary pilot choreographic project examining affect, dance on screen and cities. Continue reading

Ever wondered what solar cells do at night? Introducing Meet Discotrope: The Secret Nightlife of Solar Cells by Amy Alexander and Annina Rüst, with algorithmic sound design by Cristyn Magnus. Continue reading

‘TranSonic’ Perception in Interactive ChoreoSonic Performance Practice by Stan Wijnans, Body, Space & Technology Journal, Vol 10 Number 2:

This paper reflects on the creation and perception of an interactive spatial ChoreoSonic1 performance environment. The term ‘Transonic Perception’ is introduced to describe the intimate bodily experience of the dancer who creates the 3D spatial sonic environment within the technologically enhanced environment. I will discuss conceptual issues that outline a synchronicity between the spatial elements of dance movement and 3D spatial sound perception that can be used artistically in the creative process. The discussion focuses specifically on the human perception of the visual, tactical and auditory space in the digitally enhanced performance environment.

Open Studio Izmir — Screenings, discussions, presentations and workshop with a focus on videodance, sound and performance :: October 11-16, 2011 :: K2 Contemporary Art Center, Cumhuriyet Blv.No:54, Büyük Kardicali Han, Kat:2 Konak-İZMİR, Turkey.

Open Studio will consist of public program and the workshop (October 12-15, Izmir, Turkey), which will explore relationship between dance, interactive performance/live act, sound and video through theoretical introduction and practical work. The workshop’s objective is to introduce workshop participants with the interdisciplinary potential of video and sound as a technological tool and artistic means of expression and its capacity of manipulation in real-time. Continue reading

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[September 11, 1977 -- Dancer Nancy Lewis, left, at the Battery City Park Landfill, New York, interacting via CTS satellite with dancer Margaret Fisher in San Francisco. Photo: Gwenn Thomas.] Send Receive Satellite Network 1977: The first interactive satellite transmission organized by artists:

In 1975 Keith Sonnier submitted a preliminary request to NASA to do an interactive transmission between artists via the CTS public satellite, coast to coast. In 1976 he asked Liza Béar to coproduce this project with him. They travelled to Washington DC to attend workshops, crack the bureaucratic code and learn the NASA lingo. Continue reading

Digital Futures in Dance Conference :: September 8-10, 2011 :: Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth, UK. Continue reading

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Beyond the sunbeam through trees by Noritoshi Hirakawa, with Michael Rother (Musician), Yoko Ando (Dancer) Continue reading

Senses Places - Dance-Technology Workshop 3: organized by Pei-Jung Lee, Isabel Valverde, Todd Cochrane :: July 30, 2011; 1:00 - 5:00 pm :: Dance Studio, The Kenneth Myers Center, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland Central, New Zealand + in Second Life.

Senses Places is a dance-technology collaborative project creating a playful mixed reality performance environment for audience participation. The project stresses an integration of simultaneous local and remote connections, where participants and environments meet to generate a kinesthetic/ synesthetic engagement. Continue reading