Dans og bevegelse på Piksel festivalen
Bergen Dansesenter fortsetter samarbeidet med PIKSEL – festival for elektronisk kunst og fri teknologi. I år har vi to ting på programmet som begge er veldig spennende.
Fredag 18. november kl. 12.00-13.00, i Strandgaten 205, blir det introduksjon til prosjektet memoryMechanics av lokal dansekunstner Karen Eide Bøen og hennes samarbeidspartnere Mads Høbye, Lise Aagaard Knudsen, Maja Fagerberg Ranten og Troels Andreasen.
AVLYST! Lørdag 19. november kl. 10.00-13.00, i Studio 1 på Bergen Dansesenter, blir det PRODA-workshop med utgangspunkt i prosjektet Soft Control and body actuation med Afroditi Psarra i samarbeid med Tingyi Jiang.
Workshopene er åpne for dansere og andre som er interesserte interaktivitet og teknologi. Begge arrangement er gratis og påmelding foregår til piksel22@piksel.no
memoryMechanics by Karen Eide Bøen, Mads Høbye, Lise Aagaard Knudsen, Maja Fagerberg Ranten
and Troels Andreasen.
memoryMechanics is an interactive sound installation that explores how we as humans embody
memories.
The installation is based on an archive of memories that are collected from different people, by guiding
them through sensory experiences and into physical poses that trigger embodied memories. Their
recorded memories are then stored in the installation for retrieval through imitating their initial poses.
Artificial intelligence is used to record and retrieve memories from the archive. Through the installation, a
synergy between human memory and computer memory appears. Artificial intelligence creates a
mediated physical space in which the audience can walk around, position themselves in poses and hear
the intimate stories of previous participants.
Participants: Dansers and anyone interested on interactivity and technologies.
Duration: 1 hour
Venue: former BIT Teatergarasjen office (Strandgaten 205)
Date: 18th – 12-13h
Soft Control and body actuation by Afroditi Psarra with the collaboration of Tingyi Jiang
The implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems in all areas of technological
artifacts, constantly challenges the ways in which we perceive and understand the world around us, our
bodies, and our identities.
In this workshop, the participants will experiment hands-on with the idea of body control through the use
of wearable technology and natural language processing, while discussing ideas around the construction
of identity, and how algorithms dictate our gestures and movements. Specifically, the workshop will focus
on contact improvisation with robotic actuators in an effort to explore the hybridization of human and
algorithmic movement.
Participants: Dansers and anyone interested on interactivity and technologies.
Duration: 3 hours
Venue: Bergen Dansesenter
Date: 19th – 10-13h
