This piece plays with juxtaposition. Freedom vs constriction; light vs dark; floating vs draining; building vs destroying; becoming vs unbecoming; curvature vs angles (circles vs triangles); control vs chaos
Our dancers used ZIGSIM to track their movements, and through MAX MSP and Logmein Hamachi, I was able to take OSC data from across the USA to Vancouver, Canada. I took this data and set each dancer to a set of MIDI instruments and allowed them to control a particle system I created with TouchDesigner.
Aside from the MIDI instruments being triggered by the dancers, I also contributed live Cello improvisation throughout the performance. In the background, we had looped audio clips of our themes automated to chage every 5 minutes to allow some framework for the improvising dancers. Finally, everything was sent to Alex to collage together in Isadora.
This piece was an virtual performance. California Institute of the Arts PLAYLAB 2020
