Preview
of London Premiere of Suna no Onna, Laban Centre London
spring
2008
Suna no Onna, new version at
Watermans Art Center
Gallery
of Photographs from Suna no Onna
Software
development for sensor design interface with SensorDress
Test
rehearsals with Helenna Ren, interfacing with camera interface with
recorded movement sequences (Katsura Isobe)
Interlaced
sessions at the BITlab, our temporary new home in Science and Engineering.
On Wednesday, March 28, we progressed with the software design for the
new sensor, and Paul Verity Smith worked with David Plans on the PD
patch for the wireless interface transmission. New principles of "video
editing control in real time" were delineated by Paul.
On Thursday, March 29, Fred Weimer gathered our motion-capture research
unit, and a firm time plan was set for the Capture project in April-May.
Maria Wiener will be heading our animation development team, and we
will recruit further volunteers. We also shall cast a male dancer/performer.
Fred showed us a 3D animation he had created based on Katsura-capture
data from December. We watched it on the new 3D Film Screen.
In the evening, we rehearsed the "spirit" & bird catcher
sections from Suna no Onna with Helenna Ren, trying on the new sensors
(taped to skin-body).
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On
Friday, March 30, we were in the Bitlab all day from 11 am to 21:oo
pm. At 13:oo we had a first successful telematic performance between
Helenna and Rumiko in Tokyo (our ADaPT partners), a 20 minute performance
in which our Japanese partners enacted an insect-like hand motion in
sand while Ling performed daily activities and bird catching.
Friday
evening Sonia Wang joined us and brought many of her design/scenography
ideas and proposals for textures, and also materials for screens and
enviroments, and interactive plans for the use of transformational design.
Her ideas were very inspiring. Following this, Helnna performed the
first very successful direct interaction with a film that we created
of the previous night (bird catching scene, in the sand). Helenna also
contributed desert images, and Paul's hard work, with David, on the
sensor software finally showed excellent results. Paul addressed the
options we now have, incorporating the sensors into Michèle's
garments. The SensorDress will be built in April-May in 4 variations
(for two dancers), and a male dress will also be created. For images
go to next page.
Treatment
ChoreoDesign Project
Suna No Onna
Our
next lab sessions:
BIT lab, Science and Enginering. 18:oo - 22:30
Friday
May 11, 18:oo - 22:30 BitLab Brunel
Wednesday
May 16, Nottingham Trent University
Wednesday
May 23, Nottingham Trent University
Friday
May 25, 18:oo - 22:30 Bitlab Brunel
Friday,
June 8, Bitlab, Brunel
Friday
June 15, Bitlab Brunel
The
DAP-Lab's motion capture unit meets on the following days to continue
experimentation with Fred Weimer:
Friday
May 4, 10:30 - 16:30 Lab
Thursday
May 10, 12:oo - 15:30 Lab
Friday,
May 11, 12:30 - 16:oo workshop
Thursday
May 17, 12:oo - 15:30 Lab
Friday,
May 18, 12:30 - 16:oo workshop
Thursday
May 24, 12:oo - 15:30 Lab
Friday,
May 25, 12:30 - 16:oo workshop
Thursday
May 31, 12:oo - 15:30 Lab
Friday,
June 1, 12:30 - 16:oo workshop
Thursday
June 14, 12:oo - 15:30 Lab
Friday,
June 15, 12:30 - 16:oo workshop
In
the April sesson,a ll concrete planning decisions about each individual
contribution and design/performance process for Suna no Onna will be
made.. We beging pre-production in early May, and main production is
in July in Interaktionslabor
(16-30 July).
all
images from the March rehearsal and software design devopment at DAP
Lab Studio and Bitlab
(c) 2007 DAP lab
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Further
notes on design and performance concepts are published on this site.
click
here
(c)
dap 2007
Project
directors: Johannes Birringer & Michèle Danjoux
Brunel
University, West London
Design And Performance Lab
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