Interactive Performance for 3 Butoh dancers, EMG sensors, Video and Surround Sound
Premiere: Kubus. ZKM – Center for Art and Media
Butoh, a form of modern expressive dance developed in Japan in the 1960s, describes the cycle of birth, life, and death. This is also a central theme in the artistic work of Claudia Robles. She works with improvisation and experimentation with time, space, rhythm, dynamics, and form. In “SEED/TREE”, feelings, associations, mental images, and spontaneous impulses serve as the starting point for the creation of stories, play, and choreography.
The breathing and heartbeat of two performers generate a sound that is continuously modified by the muscle tension of a third dancer. The movements of the audience in the space also influence the video projections. The result is instant creations, expressions of the moment, where image, movement, and music form living signs within the space.
Related Research Articles:
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Robles, C. 2011. Creating Interactive Multimedia Works with Biophysical Data. NIME 2011 Proceedings. ISSN: 2220-4792 / 2220-4806 / 2220-4814. Available online at: https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2011/nime2011_421.pdf
- Robles, C. 2011. The Use of Bio-Interfaces in Interactive Multimedia Works: Two Examples. BST-Body, Space and Technology Journal. VOL. 10/01. Brunel University, United Kingdom (Online only). ISSN 1470-9120. BST Journal
- Robles, C. Biofeedback and Choreography. In Performative Science and Beyond: Enacting the Process in Research, Hans H. Diebner (ed.), Springer Verlag, 2006. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-3-211-33357.
©Claudia Robles-Angel / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn / GEMA
Performers: Sarah Baumert, Maggie Bergeron, Jay Elfring, Tejo Janssen, Nora Jenneman, Tomaso Marchi, Tobias Schmalfuß y Hubert Weiss.