Hesitation
Through the ability to codify recallable images we are granted access to the past. But the codification
need not reflect our lived experience. New forms can be discovered through novel reinterpretation of spatiotemporal relationships.
Forms that reference our natural experiences but are bent under a special logic expands the imagination.
A metaphor for the formation of relationship, Hesitation depicts two individuals
encountering one another in a space where movement is met with disruption. As one attempts
to understand the other through uncertain exchanges, they find themselves powerfully connected.
Process
In creating the work, the performers were shown a real time video system that
distorted the place and timing of their movements. The video is a composition
of the choreography and imagery resulting from the experimentation.
The processing technique used is similar to slit scan photography, created with custom software tools for both real time interaction and high resolution composition.
The real time software is written in openFrameworks; the composition tools in Objective-C/Cocoa
The sound score was created by Daniel Peterson in SuperCollider and
MATLAB using the processes of wavelet analysis and synthesis and granular layering.
Space provided by the University of Washington Department of Dance, Seattle.
Equipment provided by the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS).
Screenings
Hesitation @ ICMC 2010 New York, New York.
June 1st 2010
Show List
Hesitation @ 6th annual Directors Lounge Berlin, Germany.
February 12th 2010
Show List
