hi ursula, thanks for fixing the video, it looks like a great production :) does the audience have input to the piece or is it a set choreography?
it reminded me of a performance at the 11:11:11 UpStage festival, by inge hoonte & birgit bachler, where they were exploring the relationship between computer & user, & had a webcam "inside" a computer with characters who woke up (or not) to do the actions such as fetching & opening files. http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Inge_Hoonte/Is_This_On%3f h : ) On 13/03/15 9:33 24PM, Ursula Endlicher wrote: > hi helen, > > thanks for your reply! yeah i had a feeling that 'html_butoh' might go a > touch beyond your UI discussion (html_butoh rather scrutinizes the overall > structure of what builds a UI) but i am very happy that you did look at > the piece before and like it! very cool. > > in terms of watching the demo video of 'far-flung follows function': > http://farflungfollowsfunction.ursenal.net/video.html > it should work now (assuming you've tried in chrome before and it didn't > load, this finally made me fix the issue with QT ;-) let me know if you > still have problems watching it. > > and as much as in 'far-flung follows' function i am playing with the idea > of how the overall operating system and its UI behaves, there is a scene > where two mouse cursors are struggling over the priority of the click - > check out the scene below. it is though a desktop UI "movement moment", > not hand-held ;-) > http://farflungfollowsfunction.ursenal.net/video-excerptMICE.html > > happy to talk more... > thanks, rob and helen for bringing up that question! :-) > > --ursula > >> hi ursula, >> thanks for sharing your work :) i have looked before at html_butoh > before, great project. it's a different approach than rob's question about > contemporary dance using UI gestures - but perhaps more >> interesting in its complexity. i see people using UI gestures as hand > signals in conversations etc so i'm sure these moves will be or already > are appearing in contemporary dance >> "far-flung follows function" looks really interesting too, altho the > video wouldn't play for me. what plug-in does it need? >> h : ) >> On 13/03/15 1:01 48AM, Ursula Endlicher wrote: >>> hi dear helen, >>> i am very interested in using computer-derived "logic" as choreography > in >>> my works. a few years ago i did a series of live performances where > dancers used movements based on the logic of HTML tags, and currently i am >>> working on a new iteration of a live performance series that has > characters featured such as the "Finder" or the "MouseCursor" or > "HelperApplications", each executing their role based somewhat on what its >>> function is in the OS. >>> you can look here: >>> Website Impersonations (HTML movements) http://www.ursenal.net/wi_ttmv/ > Far-Flung follows function (OSX characters) >>> http://farflungfollowsfunction.ursenal.net >>> maybe this answers your question or probably raises more ;-) >>> best, >>> ursula >>>> during the CyPosium, joseph delappe talked about his experience when > he >>>> was performing gandhi in second life intensively every day for i > forget >>>> how long, he said he would walk down the street & think that he could > click on people & have information about them display over their heads as > in SL. >>>> i can't think off the top of my head of an example of dance or > performance that choreographs UI gestures but i bet there are some out there. >>>> h : ) >>>> On 12/03/15 7:36 11PM, Rob Myers wrote: >>>>> On 12/03/15 05:38 AM, helen varley jamieson wrote: >>>>>> :D or little kids trying to "swipe" the screens on the back of > digital cameras when viewing photos - i've even seen kids trying to > "swipe" the pages of a book, but maybe that's more just lazy > page-turning than really believing it will swipe ... >>>>> The body language of mobile and tablet use is fascinating, the > postures and hand gestures. Faces lost in contemplation illuminated by >>>>> not God or the truth but by commercially mediated sociality. Hands > stroking, pulling, making shadowplay ducks. >>>>> Everyone (if you like ;-) ) try making gesture UI movements with your > hands in the air in front of you and see how they look. Is there any > contemporary dance using this? >>>>>> On 12/03/15 10:56 26AM, Antye Greie-Ripatti wrote: >>>>>>> me finger-zooming into books lately (eye roll) >>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2015, at 11:50 AM, dave miller >>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Often when I do something really bad, like lock myself out of the > house, my immediate thought is "undo" and then I realise that > doesn't apply to real life. >>>>> Apparently obsessive Myst players used to try to click on things irl. > - Rob. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> -- >>>> helen varley jamieson >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.creative-catalyst.com >>>> http://www.talesfromthetowpath.net >>>> http://www.upstage.org.nz >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> -- >> helen varley jamieson >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.talesfromthetowpath.net >> http://www.upstage.org.nz > > > > > > > > > > -- helen varley jamieson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.talesfromthetowpath.net http://www.upstage.org.nz
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