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UKIYO
(Moveable
World)
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Katsura
Isobe as RedBlackWoman .(c) DAP-Lab, 2009
Concept for development of Moveable Worlds
DAP
team members develop concepts and content/material for an interconnected
series of short modular performance or installation sequences (wearable-polyphonic
interaction-architecture).
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The modules are intended to explore and observe physical / tactile performance
and gestural action/motion (enacted by a musician, three dancers, three
actors, and a percussionist/engineer) and through specially designed
garments. The wearables connect the kinaesthetic/kinaesonic actions
with interfacial design on the following levels:
1. music/sound - various polyphonies of real/actuated live sound and
sampled resonators/amplificators
2. light and garment materials (garment styling)
3. photographic/video/film textures
4. photographic montage and animation (utilizing motion capture data
from the gestural action and cloth)
5. space/changing spatiality (frames / boxes / combines)
6. other variables devised by social science (audio-vision) and design
collaborators
Methods:
(I) - developing garment and costume concepts for interfacial design
(Michèle Danjoux)
- developing multiple short sequences with distinct lighting design,
coloration, mood, and
communication system between the live and digital media, amplificational
dresses and interactive elements
(II) - the developed performance media worlds or immersive spaces need
to meet artistic, scientific, technical and magical challenges.
- The sequences happen spatiall on five hanamichi, five small worlds
that can stand on their feet and be shown together, in whatever combination.
The work is composed as a choreographic installation to be shown in
different visual or music / design, digital art and dance or film festival
contexts and in science & psychology/perception studies contexts
“Ground plan
The collaboration is set in motion, in the first phase, for laboratory
tests (under observation) for (1) percussionist and (2) dancer, each
invited to perform a short improvisation and then develop content material
with the composer/choreographer/ designer. A duet is devised for percussionist
and dancer/actor, and also can evolve into trio using object (mannequin,
sculpture, worktool) on stage.
The “stage space is created through light and reflective (plexiglass/mirror)
corridors: Retro-engineering a new arrangements from several (crossing)
runways/catwalks, with elevated, leaning panels (screens) on adjacent
sides within open field
At the same time as allusion
is made to the fashion show, the space is meant to be open and distributed,
multiperspectival, and also will reference the Japanese hanamichi /
Kabuki stage
(Johannes Birringer)
For further conceptual notes on
the research inspirations guiding UIKYO, see
CONCEPT
For
the development of the choreographic installation and its sonic interfaces
, go to the February/March 2009 workshop images:
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This
research project is funded by a PM12 Connect/British Council Grant and
a RDF (Brunel University) grant.
dance
tech network site
of Ukiyo project
All
photos (c) DAP-Lab
a
new project created in a research collaboration between DAP-Lab and
Keio University / Inetdance Japan
all
images from the new rehearsals and software design devopment at DAP
Lab Studio (c) 2008 DAP Lab & Keio University/ inetdance
Further
notes on design and performance concepts are published on this site.
click
here
(c)
dap 2007-08
Project
directors: Johannes Birringer & Michèle Danjoux
Brunel
University, West London
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