David Thomson and Shelley Senter at Danspace Project

March 4, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
This week at Danspace Project: PLATFORM 2010: Back to New York City Shelley Senter and David Thomson A shared evening of new work March 4-6, 2010 • [Thu-Sat] • 8:00 PM Admission: $18 ($12 for members) grey matter In grey matter, Shelley Senter examines influence, history, visibility, authorship and ownership in collaboration with sound scores by Andrew Wass, and LOWER LEFT and NON FICTION collective members Nina Martin, Margaret Paek, Rebecca Bryant, Kelly Dalrymple-Wass and Andrew Wass. 1959 In 1959, his first Danspace Project commission, David Thomson explores the notions of erasure and overlay from the intersection of coexisting narratives of body and text. Commissioned writers Onomé Ekeh, Glenn ...

Sam Loman’s graphic body seeing

March 3, 2010 · Posted by Personal Cyber Botanica ·
Here are three very interesting illustrations by designer Samantha Patricia Loman on human body. One is based on data visualization, the second on sewing patterns and the third is obviously inspired by GPS and iPhone applications… absolutely great concept of graphic body seeing… Underskin Underskin detail Body pattern Bodynavi Samantha Loman studied illustration at the academy of arts in Rotterdam [...] Related posts:Human body and typography – gallery Body cinema: Renaissance Martial Arts, part 2 Body cinema: Renaissance Martial Arts, part 1

Pocket cinema: The Children of Darfur by Camilla Nielsson

February 28, 2010 · Posted by Personal Cyber Botanica ·
This week I’m going to be mostly concentrated on watching great documentary films at the festival ZagrebDox… Thus, this post is strongly connected with its programme… Camilla Nielsson will present within the programme her latest film ‘Cities on Speed – Mumbai Disconnected‘… and as an intro to moviecholic atmosphere here is her award winning documentary [...] Related posts:Pocket cinema: Kudan by Taku Kimura Pocket cinema: Ghosts of Cite Soleil Pocket cinema: The Nest That Sailed The Sky

Christopher Wheeldon Leaves Morphosis

February 25, 2010 · Posted by Prodiligo ·
Morphoses Announces Plans for Resident Artists to Curate Programming on a Seasonal Basis Lourdes Lopez, co-founder and executive director of Morphoses, announces a new direction for the company following the departure of founding artistic director Christopher Wheeldon, effective February 18, 2010. The company will now be known simply as Morphoses. “Morphoses will adopt a curatorial model in [...] Related posts:Morphoses to Adopt a Curatorial Model NEW PLANS FOR MORPHOSES NEW PLANS FOR MORPHOSES

Interview with Mika Miyabara & Tatsuo Sugimoto: Bouncing Pixels and Images

February 22, 2010 · Posted by Personal Cyber Botanica ·
Ooh la la… another interesting interview taken during Device_art 3.009… Mika Miyabara and Tatsuo Sugimoto are media artists from Japan who have been working on visual interactive projects since 2001. Bounce Street exhibited on Device_art 3.009 photo taken from flickr: Movie Cards Project (c) They met back in 2001 at IAMAS heaving formerly carriers in design and cinematography. [...] Related posts:Interview with Mika Fukumori: On Ototenji and IAMAS Interview with Yosuke Kawamura: Mixing analogue and digital worlds Interview with Tomoko Ueyama: I want my body to hear more!

Body cinema: straitjacket ‘butoh’ dance/ by tikul

February 19, 2010 · Posted by Personal Cyber Botanica ·
While I blogged about ‘barbwired‘ project I have stumbled on video… more like a sketch by Vimeo user tikul. I’m hoping that tikul won’t be angry on me because I’m posting now ’straitjacket ‘butoh’ dance/’ video here… I just want to point out and underline, something I’m doing very often  on my workshops to artists, dancers, [...] Related posts:Body cinema: Contemporary dance in videospace Body cinema: The Cost of Living by DV8 Physical Theatre Body cinema: Metamorphic Rocks – Diegonante’s new video dance

Find Love with the Paris Opera Ballet and Dr. Fisher

February 14, 2010 · Posted by The Winger ·
Join me on Monday night for just that:  the Guggenheim Works and Process presents EMOTION & MOTION With dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet and Dr. Helen Fisher.  I will be tweeting this event live at 7:30p from @lolastretch and @worksandprocess. I will take you, 140 characters at a time, through the lecture and performance as Clairemarie Osta and Mathieu Ganio, ?toile dancers from the internationally acclaimed Paris Opera Ballet, will interpret various stages of love through dance, with discussion on brain systems that evolved for reproduction: lust, romantic love, and attachment by renowned anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher, author of Why ...

Moradian: abstraction, emptiness and the essence of life

February 10, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
ABSTRACTION: The Empty Space by Ann Moradian, Perspectives in Motion, January 24, 2010 a paper presented by Ann Moradian for The 21st Natya Kala Conference -- "Choreography: The Art of Making Dances" December 15-21, 2001, Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, IndiaInfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com Related posts:Moradian: abstraction, emptiness and the essence of life Moved by what she discovers Moved by what she discovers

Moradian: abstraction, emptiness and the essence of life

February 10, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
ABSTRACTION: The Empty Space by Ann Moradian, Perspectives in Motion, January 24, 2010 a paper presented by Ann Moradian for The 21st Natya Kala Conference -- "Choreography: The Art of Making Dances" December 15-21, 2001, Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, IndiaInfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com Related posts:Moradian: abstraction, emptiness and the essence of life Moved by what she discovers Moved by what she discovers

Body cinema: The Human Animal by Desmond Morris

February 3, 2010 · Posted by Personal Cyber Botanica ·
Documentary series The Human Animal by ethnologist and zoologist Desmond Morris have always been magnet for wider audience. Made during the 1990’s his series (same as his books) about human body and the cultural differences are great resources which from time to time I like to watch again. Photo above by Steve Pyke (c), photo bellow [...] Related posts:Body cinema: Amelia by La La La Human Steps Human body and typography – gallery Body cinema: Renaissance Martial Arts, part 1

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