hi ursula, thanks for the explanation :) it sounds like quite a complex system!
i think we might have a recording of "is this on" as we tried to record everything at the festivals; i'll need to have a hunt for it & send you a link offlist if i can find it. i think birgit is on netbehaviour also, so maybe she can comment on it as well. h : ) On 16/03/15 5:01 54PM, Ursula Endlicher wrote: > hi helen, > > the choreography for 'far-flung follows function' was actually controlled > by real-time weather data from 30 different (far-flung) cities worldwide, > which took over the complete theater space: lighting, videos, and sounds > were changing from one moment to the next. for instance rain in Brisbane > dimmed the theater while a sunny day in London lit up the space, or wind > from the north 'blew' the sound track into the south side of the space. > the performers had an 'open' score to follow, based on each of their > functionality-roles, but which changed based on the weather. > the audience, being in the middle of it all, as they could walk freely > around the set, was exposed to these large-scale media-sculptural and > performative shifts as well, and more than often fled from sudden action > and spotlights. > the performance took place inside a networked computer (the outline of a > motherboard defined the 'stage'), but the real story, that changed > everyone's task, came from the outside... > > i am currently working on a next iteration of far-flung (for a show in > Vienna in November) where the audience will be able to actively change the > weather in the space - via sensor-based interfaces - basically they will > make their own weather decisions for the show. > > i am really interested working with the idea of 'liveness' in my > performances, using an unpredictable choreography for the show that comes > from an online source such as real-time datasets, live code or HTML that > is pulled in from a website. my performances are data-enactments. yet > another reoccurring theme in my works is the idea of having an > anthropomorphized part of technology perform it's own 'logic', which > leads to performances of personified devices and websites, and even the > Old Internet her/himself. > > a long reply :-). all that said, it also brings me back to the subject of > this email - do you dream of computers - and i often do - and it often > makes it into my work, which brings in a surreal component, where > technology actually is behaving in a way we are not completely familiar > with. > > thanks for pointing out the work by inge hoonte & birgit bachelor, i did > not know about them or their work. it sounds really interesting! do you > maybe know if there is some visual material or video about it somewhere? i > couldn't find any. > > all the best, > ursula > ------------- > www.ursenal.net > > >> 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 > ------------- > www.ursenal.net > ------------- > www.ursenal.net > > > > > > -- 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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