Performing Qualia 2

A dance piece / installation by Carl Desmet (noumenon design) and Dolores Hulan (choreographer/dancer). The mechanical motion of a stage machine is contrasted with the organic motion of two dancers. A large mirror and light set-up lets the two bodies seemingly merge. The machine consist of four layers of moving ropes, painted in black and white.
I wrote a prototyping software that allowed testing of different arrangements of the ropes, different painting patterns and motion sequences. A performance software, that communicated between music, light and motion was also written.   Programming was done in processing, using timeliner and  interfacing with 4 industrial servos over arduino.

 

 

For: Carl Desmet & Dolores Hulan

Role: prototyping, programming, electronics

concept: Dolores Hulan and Carl De Smet (Noumenon) – performers: Lieve De Pourcq, Dolores Hulan – licht: Laurence Halloy – kostuum: Sammuel Dronet – sound: Joanna Bailie, Christoph Meierhans – technisch team: Carl De Smet, Jean-François Bohez, Corneel Cannaerts, Christoph Donse, Philippe Vercauteren  – productie: wpZimmer for Filter vzw – met steun van: the Vlaamse Overheid, österreichisches Kulturforum, Kunstenwerkplaats De Pianofabriek/Brussels, STUK/Leuven, Netwerk Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst/Aalst, BUDA/Kortrijk – dank aan: Aleksandra Janeva Imfeld, Carole Martinière, Eugénie Poste

 

Oct 2009 | category: Project | tags: dance, electronics, installation, motion, OSC, processing, programming, vvvv