The INTERFERENCE experiment in emergent internet choreography is now
under full sail, and will be announcing website details next week, but
owing to natural wastage ;-) of a small number of participants, there
are a limited number of opportunities for new international
participants. If you'd like to contribute please contact gjhilton -
orangemouth@geocities.com. You will need to be avialable in August, and
have access to the LifeForms software.
Best regards, guy
(btw - if you've already registered, and not yet taken part, you can
expect to be contacted very soon...!)
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
interference: a performance experiment in Internet Choreography
DESCRIPTION
interference will be performed later this year in Manchester, UK as part
of the Digital Summer programme, with a simultaneous webcast embracing a
global audience. It is a dance trio created electronically by forty
choreographers worldwide.
Collaborating artists are divided by communications technology, as well
as geography and time, and the dance they make will reflect no
individual's prior artistic plan, but will be emergent and collective in
nature.
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE
There are forty opportunities for choreographic involvement in the
project. Quotas have been allocated to four geographical categories
(Manchester, UK & Europe, USA, rest of world), and will be filled on a
first come, first served basis.
Please note that you will require access to the Life Forms software to
participate. Access to software and computer facilities will be
available to Manchester residents at the project offices.
To register interest in the project, e-mail orangemouth@geocities.com,
providing the following details:
Name;
Geographical location;
Level of choreographic and/or dance experience (note that this is NOT a
selection criterion. the project welcomes all levels of prior
experience);
Any dates between May and August 1998 that you will be unable to
participate (see below).
By registering, you are assigning the gorgeous project the right to
perform your work on stage and via webcast, and to make it publicly
available on the internet. All participants will be credited in the
performance documentation.
You will receive notification by Email either confirming your
involvement, or assigning you a queue position in the event of a place
becoming available.
THE PROCESS
You will receive by e-mail a Life Forms file containing a single
starting keyframe. You are invited to devise a movement sequence of
between 30 seconds and one minute's duration, commencing from the
supplied keyframe. Your sequence is then returned by e-mail, and the
final frame of your sequence forwarded as a start position to the next
participant.
Together, the 40 phrases created in this way will form a sequence
('cadavre exquise' style) which will be interpreted for performance by
live dancers.
You may devise any movement you see fit, and may choose not to observe
gravity or the limitations of the human body if you wish.
If necessary, you may additionally specify staging information for your
sequence, to whatever degree of concreteness or abstraction ('15 second
xfade from white to blue'; hair; weakly), which we will attempt to
implement.
Timescale is critical, and you are requested to return your phrase
within the shortest possible time. You will be notified shortly before
your turn comes around, and may request a later turn if it is
inconvenient to participate. If you cannot be reached, or if there has
been no communication three days after receipt of your start point, your
slot may have to be reallocated to a member of the participant queue.
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If you require any further information, or a press kit if you would like
to register as a choreographic participant, join the gorgeous mailing
list, or receive ticketing details, contact
orangemouth@geocites.com
or
gorgeous
2a Warehouse
4 Fairfield St
Manchester M1 3GF
United Kingdom