Never Stand in a Canoe (or something similar) Hybrid Installation/performace workshop with Kirk Woolford and Igloo a) June 18-29, 2001 b) September 7-16, 2001 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de arte Moderna / Acarte initiated and produced by 100% Future, CEM Lisbon, Portugal A workshop taught focusing on perception, overlap of sensation, and creation of reactive environments . The workshop will explore differences between a visitor's direct experience of an environment through an installation, and their guided experience through performance. The workshop is hands-on with a great deal of experimentation. It will explore various concepts of sensation and perception, and numerous tools including software, interfaces, projectors, and sound with a finally creating one or more installation/performances. Phase 1: confuse them: The workshop is divided in two parts. During the introductory week, Kirk Woolford will give informal lectures on sensation and perception from classical, philosophic, and biological viewpoints. Phase 2: confuse them more Participants will then be introduced to various technical systems for interacting with the external world. They will look at different types of sensors (pressure, heat, light, etc), and how to build some of including Kirk's famous method of building pressure sensors from cola cans and gum wrappers. Once they understand the basics of sensors, they will be shown how to read data from them and get information into a computer. Parallel ports, serial ports, USB, MIDI, RS-232, RS-244, ICC-501, IEEE 1394, will all be explained. Different software for working with sensory data in a computer will be introduced: Director, Max, Imagine, Keystroke, Isadora, and others. Depending on the level of the course participants, C++ on the PC and Mac (Visual C++ and Codewarrior) may be covered. Finally, different methods of having the computers react to the external world: sound, video projectors, vibration, LEDs, etc, will addressed. Phase 3: hmmmm??? After the initial 2 week period in June, the course participants will spend the rest of the summer working on their own. In early September, Kirk Woolford will return with the cast and crew of 'Viking Shoppers': Mark Bruce, Leon Cullinane, Jo Fong, Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli, to put everything the participants have learned into action. During this phase, Mark Bruce and Jo Fong will teach movement classes for all workshop participants and two dancers will be chosen from the workshop to perform in 'Viking Shoppers' with the rest of the cast. Viking Shoppers, the installation and/or performance created during the workshop will be shown as part of Encontros Acarte 2001. Participant Profile: The workshop is for 12 participants with a wide range of backgrounds and skills. We are particularly interested in dancers, visual artists, architects, programmers, and composers. We want people involved in the creation of work. Ideally, at least ihalf the participants have some physical training they'd be willing to share with the rest of the group. General information: Cost of the workshop is PTE 10.000$00 (approx 50 euros). To be considered as a participant, please write to Ines Neuparth or visit the canoe www site Deadline for posted applications May 28, 2001. CVs and applications may be submitted via the www site until June 1, 2001 For more information please visit http://www.bhaptic.net/canoe/ or write to CEM - Centro em Movimento Praça da Alegria, n º 27, 2º - 1250 - 004 Lisboa centro.movimento@clix .pt or Inês Neuparth injs@ip.pt
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