Tanzlandschaft Ruhr
CROSS FAIR
Dance and New Technologies
Navigating New Constellations
Wednesday 27th October - Sunday 31st October 1999
Venue: Ebertbad Oberhausen, Ebertplatz
Near Essen, Germany
The idea/The bearings
The manner in which we perceive the human body in today's digital age has
been considerably modified and influenced by artists, doctors and
scientists, technologists and architects. The performing arts are now faced
with new explosive questions and opportunities. At this junction, CROSS FAIR
builds a forum for a diverse and stimulating exchange.
The practice/The route
CROSS FAIR 1999 is an inter-disciplinary symposium featuring presentations,
lectures, performances, installations and demonstrations by experts from the
fields of body/movement and technology.
The intersections/The compass
The transdisciplinary use of new technologies in body-based arts and on
stage will be illustrated and examined through past and current reference
and examples of the newest co-operations between dance, sound, image and
technology.
Illuminating perspectives/Places to lay anchor
In an active working atmosphere we will look at physical animation,
virtual presence and environments, liquid architecture and open networking.
Working groups will consider co-authorship methodologies, sense enhancement
techniques, interactive processes and forms and telepresence/webstaging.
The participants/The crew
80 professionally experienced participants will be drawn from the performing
arts, digital arts and technology, fine arts, music and media sectors.
Applications available on request - see information below.
The excursion and a notable night/The islands
The symposium programme will be enhanced by a day trip to local media
organisations in the Ruhr region and a sneak preview of the renovation work
in progress at the new Choreographisches Zentrum NRW.
A special 'club night' featuring 'Cross Fair' artists with specialists from
the London and local clubbing scene will introduce further dimensions of
transdisciplinary activity.
Club Research is developed by London based research and production unit
shinkansen. Movement Jockeys, DJs, dancers, sound creators, lighting
designers and media artists combine skills to collaboratively shape a
special group event that expands existing boundaries between entertainment,
conventional art presentation, education and club culture. Special guests
Wayne McGregor and Hospital Sound from London and David Moufang and
A Certain Frank from Germany
The Brunch
Sunday's Big Brunch is an added opportunity to network and to summarise,
evaluate and consolidate shared experiences and impressions.
Moderation:
Ghislaine Boddington (Artistic Director, shinkansen and Research
Associate Performing Arts/Technology, ResCen, Middlesex Univ., London)
and
Stefan Hilterhaus (Artistic Director Tanzlandschaft Ruhr, Essen)
Confirmed speakers:
Blast Theory - London theatre group using theatre, videon and new technologies
Presently making their first piece for virtual space - Virtual Rain - which
premieres at ZKM in November. Exploring live experience with digital
technologies
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Kurt Dahkle - sound artist and record producer working with internet and
digital tools, Studio Atatak Dusseldorf
Dr. Svke Dinkla - New Media curator, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum,
Duisburg. Recent work involves the launch of 'connecting cities' - a series
of electronic installations digitally linked across galleries in the region
Nik Hafner - dancer and technologist with Ballet Frankfurt - involved in the
creation of the William Forsythe CDRom as well as other digital performance
projects
Martin Kusch - video and installation artist co-operating with performing arts,
Currently teaching at the Dept for Visual media at the University for Applied
Arts, Vienna. Computer/visualisation techniques
Wayne McGregor - dancer and choreographer, founder of Random Dance
Company, London, exploring digital body representation in live performance
Richard Povall - multidisciplinary composer, researcher and educator, currently
Director of the Division of Contemporary Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of
Music (Ohio, USA) and Senior Fellow at ResCen (Centre for Research
into Creation
Processes in the Performing Arts Middlesex Univ., London)
Bill Seaman - video/installation artist, currently teaching at UCLA,
Los Angeles, USA
Lars Spuybroek - NOX (design office producing fluid architecture, videos,
installation and a journal); architect of the Water Museum H2OeXPO) for the
Dutch Ministry of Water Management
The next trip
CROSS FAIR is an on-going project. The event organisers are offering
participants in 1999 the opportunity to apply for a bursary to create and
realise a dance and media production in the year 2000.
PLANNED DAILY PROGRAMME
Wednesday 27th October, 1999
noon: Arrival and Registration
afternoon: Keynote Speakers
evening: Group Dinner
Thursday 28th October, 1999
morning: Demonstrations by invited artists, discussion groups.
afternoon: Installation art and performing arts: historical overviews
and developments influenced by digital interfaces.
Friday 29th October, 1999
day time: Excursion to regional institutions involved with media
research and a visit to the Choreographic Centre NRW
evening: Demonstration of research results from
kvrper.technik//body.technology; Performing Arts Co-authorship
project (ITI/Theater der Welt 1999)
Saturday 30th October, 1999
morning: demonstrations by invited artists and discussion groups.
afternoon: Debate with guest speakers Key Processes"
evening: Club night - CLUB RESEARCH - local and international
artists collaborate to create a new interactive event - including
work from some of the speakers
Sunday 31st October, 1999
Late Big Brunch, resume and debate -
Transhuman body and dance in the 21st century" with all involved
afternoon: Good bye and departure
Please let us know BY REPLY if you are interested in the symposium and
we will send you an application form.
Dead-line for applications is September 17th.
The final selection of participants will be decided by September 20th.
Participation fee: DM 350,-/concessions DM 280,- inclusive of one
main meal a day
Tanzlandschaft Ruhr
Choreographisches Zentrum NRW
Cross Fair
Postfach
D-45318 Essen
Tel.: +49 - 201 - 30 25 23 Fax: +49 - 201 - 30 25 28
E-Mail: CZNRW@t-online.de http://www.cznrw.de
Tanzlandschaft Ruhr is a Kultur Ruhr GmbH project.
Project Sponsor is the City of Essen: Dr. Oliver Scheytt
Project Direction Tanzlandschaft Ruhr: Stefan Hilterhaus, Gianni Malfer
Artistic Direction Cross Fair: Ghislaine Boddington (shinkansen, London),
Dr. Svke Dinkla (Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg),
Stefan Hilterhaus (Tanzlandschaft Ruhr, Essen)
Organisation: Angela Haardt (for Clubbing: Estelle Neveux and Debbi Lander)
Editing: Angela Haardt, Ghislaine Boddington
Layout/Design: Gruppe 3, Essen
Cross Fair is organised with the co-operation of shinkansen, London,
the Choreographic Centre NRW in Essen, the Ebertbad, Oberhausen,
ResCen Middlesex University and the workshop kvrper.technik//body.technology",
in the framework of Theater der Welt 1999", Berlin.
The Tanzlandschaft Ruhr is sponsored by the Ministry of Employment,
Social Affairs
and Urban Development, Culture and Sport of the state of North
Rhine-Westphalia,
the city of Essen and the Kultur Ruhr GmbH.
(provisional programme, subject to changes at the organisers discretion)
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CROSS FAIR 1999 - Navigating New Constellations
A symposium about "Dance and New Technologies"
From the 27th to the 31st of October 1999
Venue: Oberhausen, Ebertbad
If you would like to participate, please complete the following:
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Participation fee: DM 350,-/concessions DM 280,- inclusive of one
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Dead-line for applications is September 20th. The final selection of
participants will be decided by September 24th.
Please include a short CV pertaining to your professional experience
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