Body in Performance

2012 Whitney Biennial

by Tim Gilman-Sevcik

A meditation on the biennial originally written for Lidovy Noviny newspaper in Prague

Medien und Disability Studies

by Larissa Bellina

co-authored with Prof. Dr. Beate Ochsner, Dr. Ursula Schimmel and MA Anna Grebe, published in: Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (Hg.)
'Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft 6', 242-246. (ISBN 978-3-03734-229-9)

Beitrag: Rezension zu Gesa Ziemer 2008 Verletzbare Orte. Entwurf einer praktischen Ästhetik, Zürich/Berlin:... more Beitrag: Rezension zu Gesa Ziemer 2008 Verletzbare Orte. Entwurf einer praktischen Ästhetik, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes.

contribution: book review of Gesa Ziemer 2008 Verletzbare Orte [engl. = Locations of Vulnerability. A conceptualization of practical Aesthetics], Zurich/Berlin: Diaphanes.

Embodiment, Transparency and the Disclosiveness of Failure

by Shaun May

Published in 'Body, Space and Technology' Vol. 11, Issue 1.
Cite as "May, S. (2012) 'Embodiment, Transparency and the Disclosiveness of Failure', Body Space and Technology 11/01

In this paper, I want to argue that embodiment is characterised by a plasticity which entails that it can include both... more In this paper, I want to argue that embodiment is characterised by a plasticity which entails that it can include both the biological limb and the 'artificial' tool, as evidenced by recent research in cognitive science. Moreover, I want to claim that it is only in failure that the embodied limb and tool are phenomenologically distinct. I will go on to argue that this claim is essential for understanding the phenomenon of failed embodiment, such as that found within the clowning tradition, before concluding with a short provocation regarding the social and political implications of such a view.

Stereotypes in subtext: The Construction of the Lesbian Body in Rizzoli & Isles

by Manou Cardon

School paper

Krpič, T. 2010. Medical Performances: The Politics of Body-Home. PAJ – A Journal of Performance and Art 32 (1): 36-43.

by Tomaž Krpič

Krpič, T. 2011. Spectator’s Performing Body: The Case of the Theatre Project Via Negativa. New Theatre Quarterly 27 (2): 167-175.

by Tomaž Krpič

Stories of Hyperembodiment: An Analysis of Personal Narratives of and through Physically Disabled Bodies

by Julie-Ann Scott

Forthcoming in Text and Performance Quarterly

This essay provides a rationale of how Performance Analysis and Narrative Positioning within research on Physically... more This essay provides a rationale of how Performance Analysis and Narrative Positioning within research on Physically Disabled Professionals' Personal Narratives can provide insight into the role of the body in the analysis of professional narratives. Through analyzing the participants' open-ended narratives as performances in which the narrators draw upon performativities to reconcile the absurdity associated with their deemed `unprofessional' bodies legitimately occupying a professional space, the author traces the emergence of embodied professional heroes in four variations: the Super Hero, Warrior Hero, Tragic Hero, and Rogue Hero, each which illuminates the importance of the body in the construction of personal narratives of professionalism. In conclusion, the author calls for attention to the potential performance of the Anti Hero across personal narratives that emerge in unmarked bodies in order to attend the underlying performativities and discourses of power within all narratives of professionalism.

Cultural Anxiety Surrounding a Plastic Prodigy: A Performance Analysis of Michael Jackson as the Embodiment of Post Identity Politics

by Julie-Ann Scott

Forthcoming in collection edited by Chris Smit: Michael Jackson: Grasping the Spectacle.
Publisher: Ashgate

MAVIE/MYLIFE: AN ONLINE ‘NET ART’ RELATIONAL GAME ABOUT DAILY LIFE

by Geneviève Gilbert-Quach

Thesis requested as part of requirement a Master's degree in Communication

This work of Net Art is a relational art performance in which a player (or interactor) engages in a dialogue with the... more This work of Net Art is a relational art performance in which a player (or interactor) engages in a dialogue with the interface. This game is available online at http://kastorfakto.com/game. Its interactive journey is a social experience through simple daily life activities.

Exploring the interactive game (Chevassu, 1995, p.136), the interactor gets to know the protagonists and watches them perform three routine activities. In an entertaining and engaging spirit, the interactor can get involved and listen as I speak to three different persons. They can mix with ‘Simon’,‘Pascale’or ‘Patrick’ and watch as these participants groom themselves and wait before eventually meeting me. These ordinary activities lead to a fun and spontaneous exchange. The protagonists agreed to be the guinea pigs in my exploration of the operative process of desire in daily life. When entering the game, the interactors can select a scene. They collect points by manipulating visual and audio elements, and discover videos hidden behind some of the artefacts. They are able to experiment with the game either to improve their score, or just for the pleasure of exploring the three stages.

This interactive online work results from several developmental versions, and has been tested by various control groups. A research report has been conducted and the target audience age ranges between 13 and 33 years old.

KEYWORDS : INTERNET – NET ART – WEB ART – GAME – GAME SOFTWARE – COMMUNICATION – INTERACTION – INDIE – RELATIONAL – ART – PERFORMANCE – DAILY LIFE – MULTIMEDIA – DESIGN – VIDEO.

New Filmmakers New York 2012 is showing Osteo in March

by Geneviève Gilbert-Quach

Imposing a Networked Vibrotactile Communication System for Improvisational Suggestion

by Lauren Hayes

Hayes, L. & Michalakos C. 2012. Imposing a Networked Vibrotactile Communication System for Improvisational Suggestion. Organised Sound 17(1). Cambridge University Press.

This paper describes the implementation of NeVIS, a local network system that establishes communication between... more This paper describes the implementation of NeVIS, a local network system that establishes communication between individual performers, as well as between laptop and performers. Specifically, this is achieved by making use of vibrotactile feedback as a signalling tool within an improvisational setting. A discussion of the current developments regarding the use of networks within improvisation is presented, followed by an outline of the benefits of utilising the haptic feedback channel as a further sensory information pathway when performing digital music. We describe a case study of the system within the context of our computer-mediated improvisational duo Můstek, involving piano, percussion and live electronics. Here, a cueing system or framework is imposed over the improvisation and is transmitted directly to the skin of the performers via tiny vibrations. Additionally, performers may make use of simple vibrotactile signals to enhance traditional visual cues that are often employed within performance. A new work, Socks and Ammo, was created using NeVIS, and was presented at various international conferences and festivals. We also tested the system itself within a group of postgraduate researchers and composers. Qualitative evaluation of the musical outcomes as experienced both by the performers and by the listeners at these events is offered, as well as implications about the nature of collaborative music-making.

Rhythm Reality

by Thomas Riccio

Published in: Rhythms And Steps Of Africa, Studies on Comparative Aesthetics, volume 2: Studies On Anthropology, Akademia Ignatianum, Krakow, Poland. Wiesna Mond-Kozłowska, editor. 2012

«Representing mad contradictoriness in Dr. Charcot's Hysteria Shows»

by Dianne Hunter

Theatres of the Female Body: Gender Essentialism and Deconstruction in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

by Dianne Hunter

The makings of Dr. Charcot's hysteria shows: research through performance

by Dianne Hunter

The Makings of Dr. Charcot's Hysteria Shows: Research Through Performance (Studies in Theatre Arts)(v. 4)

by Dianne Hunter

"Tatuajes y (geo)políticas corporales de la memoria en un contexto migratorio" En: Francisco de la Peña M. (coord.), Cuerpo, enfermedad mental y cultura, México, ENAH-INAH-Conaculta, 2009.

by Abeyamí Ortega

El presente volumen, compuesto por trabajos con una común vocación interdisciplinaria que conjuga la mirada... more El presente volumen, compuesto por trabajos con una común vocación interdisciplinaria que conjuga la mirada antropológica con aquella derivada de la clínica psiquiátrica, psicológica y psicoanalítica, surge de una inquietud: abordar los nexos entre cuerpo, desorden mental y cultura.
Producto de un esfuerzo colectivo, los trabajos aquí reunidos abarcan tópicos variados: las concepciones del cuerpo, la persona y la enfermedad mental; la eficacia simbólica y los poderes de la cura; la alteridad, la sexualidad y el cuerpo en el mundo prehispánico; los términos referidos a la locura entre los mayas de la época colonial; el cuerpo y los desordenes mentales en contextos migratorios; el tatuaje y su relación con las identidades culturales transfronterizas; el cuerpo y diferentes tipos de violencia; el cuerpo y los trastornos afectivos en el marco de las instituciones psiquiátricas.
Se pretende con esta antología hacer accesibles investigaciones de un terreno poco explorado en nuestro país, el de la etnopsiquiatría, que puedan ser atractivas tanto para especialistas como para un público más amplio interesado en comprender las imbricaciones existentes entre cultura, psiquismo y cuerpo, que constituyen por doquier el nudo en el que se tejen múltiples configuraciones sociales, históricas y simbólicas.

Effects of Spectral Features of Sound on Gesture Type and Timing

by Mariusz Kozak

Co-authored with Kristian Nymoen and Rolf Inge Godøy. Forthcoming, Spring 2012, in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence.

In this paper we present results from an experiment in which infrared motion capture technology was used to record... more In this paper we present results from an experiment in which infrared motion capture technology was used to record participants’ movement in syn­chrony to different rhythms and different sounds. The purpose was to determine the effects of the sounds’ spectral and temporal features on synchronization and gesture characteristics. In particular, we focused on the correlation between sounds and three gesture features: maximum acceleration, discontinuity, and total quantity of motion. Our findings indicate that discrete, discontinuous motion resulted in better synchronization, while spectral features of sound had a significant effect on the quantity of motion.

Analyzing sound tracings: a multimodal approach to music information retrieval

by Mariusz Kozak

Mapping sitting: datable structures, state imagination and the subordinated body

by Ömür Harmansah

This piece was written in the context of my graduate seminar The Rise (and Demise) of the State in the Near East... more This piece was written in the context of my graduate seminar The Rise (and Demise) of the State in the Near East taught at Brown University's Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World in Fall 2007. I am grateful to the whole group for the intriguing and heated discussions in that seminar.

http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/archaeolog/2007/12/mapping_sitting_datable_struct.html