Dear Suzon Fuks, I hope I'm not intruding; I just wanted to say your work is incredibly powerful and mesmerizing (the videos which I've been watching). And a minor comment, I don't think the net is becoming mono-cultural, just the opposite, but that's a long discussion, a long meditation in itself.
Best, Alan, and thanks for your work here - On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 8:31 AM Suzon Fuks via NetBehaviour < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Johannes, > > Thank you for your concerns and asking about my work. I started a new > artistic adventure during the pandemic, which includes artist books, > wearables and a performance, ‘Be Like Body–Obsolete’, presented at 3 online > international festivals. It is a reflection about obsolescence, technology > and ageing. I stripped down discarded electronic devices and created a > galaxy with this e-waste, which had at the centre a closed space consisting > of 8 iMac shells, in which I performed. I made a video, to which Annie and > five other writers responded. Their texts were recorded and mixed into a > soundtrack that informed my performance. Some excerpts here: > https://suzonfuks.net/be-like-body-obsolete-4 as well as links to > reviews, downloadable e-book with the poetry, which can be also listened to. > > Now, I am developing a new installation REVEAL, which will be activated by > scheduled live art performances, daily guided meditations open to the > audience, who will also voice at times their views, manipulate ‘hands-on’ > the electronic parts, creating new galaxies and constellations. The > metamorphosis will be filmed and photographed from above, and projected in > realtime on one wall of the venue. I am also experimenting with new > techniques for the wearable. > > With the creation of robots, AI and the Internet of Things, our bodies are > becoming outdated. While we are researching and quantifying how human > brains function, acts of assembly highlight how our senses, perception and > creativity are what differentiates us from our machines and makes us unique > as humans. > > The pandemic emphasises/ed how coming together is necessary. If the > Internet gives a possibility to ‘assemble’ our fragmented and ‘isolated’ > lives, we still need to delve into the knowledge of our bodies, and our > relationships with each other and the natural world. > > As the Internet becomes increasingly economically-driven and > mono-cultural, it is important to see which demographics are being > ‘discarded’ first, with unequal and changing implications pertaining to > specific abilities, gender, race, age, acquired disease or privilege. The > multilingual aspect of REVEAL highlights the wealth of various cultures, > promotes acceptance and makes space for culture and language inclusivity, > destabilising the primacy of English. > > voila in a nutshell.... :) > I hope to be able to present it in various places soon. Suggestions are > welcome! > > sending love, > > > Suzon > > > On Sat, 7 May 2022, 01:44 Johannes Birringer, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> dear Suzon >> I was alarmed to read your post about the floods in your area, and the >> increasingly catastrophic effects of climate change, >> and of course the political instabilities, the wars, and ongoing >> refugee crisis in this world we live in, it is incredibly >> disheartening. And work? Please tell us more about 'Be Like >> Body-Obsolete'.. >> >> best wishes >> Johannes Birringer >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: NetBehaviour <[email protected]> on >> behalf of Suzon Fuks via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]> >> Sent: 06 May 2022 14:28 >> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> Cc: Suzon Fuks >> Subject: [NetBehaviour] Online Performance Practice short course >> opportunity >> >> Oh, great Annie, that all the selling, packing, moving, fall into >> place!!!! >> Must be a relief! >> >> Enjoy your in between.... liminal period..... ;-) >> >> Here, we have been told to be prepared for a third flood, next week! The >> entire East coast is going to have a "weather event". I can't imagine our >> friends and family in Lismore, particularly, going through that again... >> they still didn't recover from the previous floods, just cleaned more or >> less their houses, for those which are still standing. The town looks like >> a warzone. Main streets and CBD completely abandoned, with buildings ready >> to collapse. >> A few thousands of people homeless, refugees at some friends' houses that >> are on hills, displaced in hotels, some in caravans. No work anymore, no >> way of cooking, wowwwww... this is just the beginning of climate change >> consequences! >> And.... as the icing on the cake, we have elections in 2weeks. >> >> So I have been busy cooking for people and now volunteering for the >> greens to prepare the elections. Crossed fingers! >> In between, I am trying new things to make wearables, soldering, and >> developing new installation and performance possibilities extending 'Be >> Like Body-Obsolete'. >> Let see... one week at a time, one day at a time.... bzzzzz Sz >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 10:15:31 +0200 >> From: Annie Abrahams <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Online Performance Practice short course >> opportunity >> Message-ID: >> <CAPYs01= >> [email protected]<mailto: >> esmscgf4cfhn41mptx9karrzhdn%[email protected]>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Nice Suzon! >> Good luck! >> I hope you are fine! >> >> I don't know if I told you already, but our house has been sold. We will >> leave here August 15, will be without domicile fixe for two weeks and then >> take "possesion" of our house in the Netherlands. Big changes. >> Because we are not that far now, we profit from our time left here to go >> and visit Portugal for a few weeks. (leaving in a bit more than 1 week) >> Although worldwide things are bad - very bad - things for me are ok even >> exhilarating, enjoyable so far. Of course moving will be stress but before >> ... >> >> All the best Suzon >> hugs >> Annie >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 11:39 PM Suzon Fuks via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > Dear all, >> > >> > I will be part of this great short course on online performance, being >> > offered by Queen Margaret University. >> > >> > Helen Varley Jamieson, Karla Ptacek, course leader Bianca Mastrominico >> and >> > I will share our decades of experience. >> > >> > 6 Saturdays beginning 21st May. >> > More info below. Cheers. >> > >> > >> > Suzon >> > +61439929028 >> > >> > http://suzonfuks.net | http://igneous.org.au | http://wetlandwander.net >> > >> > I acknowledge the country, culture and traditional custodians of the >> land >> > upon which I walk, work and live, the Turrbal and Jagera peoples. >> > >> > It takes 12000 litres of water to make 500 grams of chocolate! >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> > From: Mastrominico, Bianca <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> >> > Date: Thu, 5 May 2022, 02:52 >> > Subject: Online Performance Practice short course opportunity >> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> < >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> > >> > >> > Dear Colleagues, >> > >> > >> > >> > Please find below information on the Online Performance Practice short >> > course at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, which I am running on >> > Saturdays from 21st May to 25th June together with digital artists Helen >> > Varley Jamieson <https://www.creative-catalyst.com/> (UpStage, Creative >> > Catalyst), Karla Ptacek <https://www.artificialstage.com/> (Artificial >> > Stage) and digital ?artivist? Suzon Fuks <https://suzonfuks.net/>. >> > >> > >> > >> > We are delighted to deliver digital skills in online performance making >> > for emerging and established artists in Scotland and beyond. >> > >> > >> > >> > The course content includes the pioneering practice of cyberformance >> > <http://www.cyberformance.org/> developed by Jamieson, who will be >> > working on the newly revamped UpStage platform <https://upstage.org.nz/ >> >, >> > improvisation and devising on Zoom through Digital HotSpot training >> > developed by my company Organic Theatre >> > <https://www.organictheatre.co.uk/>, hands on sessions on the ?quirky >> > parts of Zoom? with Ptacek and working with Fuks on how to navigate >> > networked performance. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks to Scottish Funding Council support places are FREE for anyone >> > living in Scotland, aged 25 or over and who meets at least one of the >> > criteria below: >> > >> > >> > >> > -unemployed or at risk of redundancy >> > >> > -self-employed and working within the creative and cultural industries >> > >> > -employed by a Scottish arts, cultural, hospitality, tourism, or events >> > organisation >> > >> > >> > >> > The course can be attended entirely online, if desired. >> > >> > >> > >> > Link below for more details and the application form (*please note >> change >> > of date from the course webpage) >> > >> > >> > >> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/continuing-professional-development-cpd-courses/cpd-courses-folder/online-performance-practice/ >> > >> > >> > >> > I?d be grateful if you could spread the word to anyone interested! >> > >> > >> > >> > Very best wishes to all, >> > >> > >> > >> > Bianca >> > >> > >> > >> > ? >> > >> > >> > >> > Bianca Mastrominico (she/her/hers) >> > >> > Lecturer in Drama >> > >> > Programme Leader BA (Hons) Performance >> > < >> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate-study/2022/baba-hons-performance/ >> > >> > & MA Digital Performance >> > < >> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate-study/2022/ma-digital-performance/ >> > >> > >> > Media, Communication and Performing Arts >> > >> > Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh >> > >> > Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> > >> > >> > >> > ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-7247 >> > >> > Associate Member of Centre for Communication, Cultural and Media Studies >> > < >> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/research-and-knowledge-exchange/research-centres-institutes-and-knowledge-exchange-centres/centre-for-communication-cultural-and-media-studies/ >> > >> > @QMU >> > >> > Practice Research Projects: Flanker Origami >> > <https://www.organictheatre.co.uk/flankerorigami/> and Digital HotSpot >> > <https://www.organictheatre.co.uk/home/> >> > >> > >> > >> > Recent articles: >> > >> > >> > >> > Bianca Mastrominico (2022) Bodies:On:Live ? Magdalena:On:Line, >> International >> > Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 18:1, 196-199, DOI: >> > 10.1080/14794713.2022.2028340 >> > <https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2022.2028340> >> > >> > >> > >> > Mastrominico, B. & de Roza, E., (2022) ?A Shift Towards Digital and >> > Participatory Performance Practice Post-Pandemic?, *Body, Space & >> > Technology* 21(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/bst.8047 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Blogs: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/campus-life/blogs/bianca-mastrominico/towards-an-ecology-of-becoming-digital-performance-research-under-covid-19/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/campus-life/blogs/bianca-mastrominico/live-or-alive-a-reflection-on-performance-practice-in-pandemic-digital-times/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/campus-life/blogs/staff-dr-rebecca-finkel-bianca-mastrominico/cooking-up-a-storm-discussions-about-decolonisation/ >> > >> > >> > >> > This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) >> only >> > and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by >> any >> > person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of >> the >> > sender. 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