August 05, 2004
ambienteTV.net
Telematic Traces
ambientTVnet is a crucible for independent, interdisciplinary practice ranging from installation and performance, through documentary, dance, and gastronomy, to sound and video composition and real-time manipulation. We continue to develop social and technical infrastructure and promote network architectures that facilitate alternatives to current socio-political and economic formations. Techniques and effects of live data broadcasting and transmission provide theme, medium, and performative space for many of the works.
Networked Performance: The performance incorporates geographically distant real spaces into the theatre space. The narrative grows out of telematic feedback, and the interplay between real spaces and imaginary realms. Daily life’s occupation--Streetwalking, food preparation or conversing – are presented as a narrative act. Rehearsal, orchestration, choreography, improvisation, the unpredictable response of the audience and traces of city walks are brought together by the crossing of data streams that technology allows. Stories and characters are built through fragmentary vignettes and scetches, and the streaming might be seen to figure how we weave stories and sense from our daily move-abouts and their chaos of traces; traces from which we project a transcendent geography of the self. The theme and structure of the pieces are woven together by crisscrossing of telematic links between a performer in a venue, and a roaming performer in the neighbourhood.
AV DINNERS: EPIC EROS live and online audio-visual gastronomic event. The first in a series of sensory networked cook-ins featuring collaborations between digital and performance artists and chefs.
TELEJAM: TRYPTICHON audio-visual jam session between a venue and its neighbourhood. Roaming performers equipped with location-aware devices write their movements on the urban canvas (London Nov. 2003). Read a review of their April 4, 2004 performance.
MYRIORAMA telematic theatre/dance performance featuring NYC motion poet Ajay Naidu (2004)
Posted by jo at August 5, 2004 08:26 PM
