other stories capturing motion, telling tales, spinning yarns Other Stories¹ was an evening of interactive arts at the School of Interactive Arts & Technology, SFU Surrey Campus. Footage of the event is now available at : www.escapeartists.ca <http://www.escapeartists.ca> Other Stories¹ is a work in progress showing of a research project into motion capture, dance, and ethics. This project explores the strangeness of captured human motion. It is a live performance with two dancers in a Vicon motion capture system, the 3D computer tracking system most commonly used for creating video game avatars. Instead of building recognizable human shapes, the essence of movement is conveyed with dots, sparks, and lines, dissolving the human form but maintaining a sense of play, of pathos, and of bodies. When virtual bodies meet real bodies, which ones are the others? The stories are of grandmothers and angels, of fireflies and knitting. The motion capture performance is a collaboration between Susan Kozel, Greg Corness, and visiting dancer/researcher Inka Valipakka; additional artistic content provided by Maia Engeli, Camille Baker, Jack Stockholm and Tamara Smyth. The performance is supported by SFU¹s President¹s Research Grant and by the Academy of Finland. It is a co-production of The Escape Artists Society (TEAS) www.escapeartists.ca <http://www.escapeartists.ca> and Mesh Performance Partnerships www.meshperformance.org <http://www.meshperformance.org>. The performance took place on 14 March 2007 in the Interactivity Lab of the School of Interactive Arts & Technology at Simon Fraser University¹s Surrey Campus.
The Escape Artists Society (TEAS) presents "other stories" capturing motion, telling tales, spinning yarns (free for TEAS members showing membership). For more information on T.E.A.S. :. Camille Baker The Escape Artists Society Executive Director/ Curator Vancouver, BC, Canada http://www.escapeartists.ca :. A
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