Dear Joumana, Thanks a lot for your great questions!
In regards to how I contextualize my work to the audience: It actually got much easier ;-). When i started out "bringing the Web" into physical space in my earlier performances more than 10 years ago, I felt a bit resistance from the audience to think about the protocols of the Web as something to experience physically. Nowadays it's really all we do every day ;-), well not totally but, talking or showing what happens online and making the hidden processes more transparent has become a wide area of interest. And your second question: My work is seen both online and physically - it exists in both places and they intersect each other! So, when I do a live performance i usually have real-time data or code from the Web "drive" or choreograph the piece. When I work on an online performance, I use real-time data that brings in a physical reference, so for instance I did an online piece called "Light and Dark Networks" (http://lightdarknetworks.ursenal.net) - two online data performances, which reflected on the morphological parallels in natural networks (such as mushroom mycelia and spiderwebs) and artificially built networks... The piece was driven by real-time weather data form NYC and changed how the piece behaved. So the physical place was constantly brought anew into the online performance changing how it manifested itself. I just started looking up your work! Really interesting! --Ursula > Dear Ursula > I have been looking at your work and the concept behind it, it looks fascinating as you are breaking the boundaries between both bodies the physical and the web, through the protocole we use everyday. My question is how do you contextualise it to your audiences, and is your work seen online as well as physical? > ;-) > On 13 Mar 2015, at 00:01, 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ------------- www.ursenal.net _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
