The following message was posted to: dance-tech Collaboration with "self" is what Alwin Nikolais seemed to be into - doing all the roles himself. Maida > -----Original Message----- > From: dance-tech@dancetechnology.org > [mailto:dance-tech@dancetechnology.org]On Behalf Of Stan Wijnans (by way > of dance-tech-admin@dancetechnology.org) > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 9:17 AM > To: Multiple recipients of dance-tech > Subject: [dance-tech] Re: Workshop: Technology and Aesthetics: > Motion-capture and Movement > > > The following message was posted to: dance-tech > > Hi list > > The message below has brought me to a whole different issue that > I thought I > could share with you .... : > > > The following message was posted to: dance-tech > > > >> I think most dancers must consider the issue of copyright under > >> digital world. > > > > I agree. (I'm currently working on a proposal for a dance/technology > > project where we're being very careful of the IP issues arising, of > > which there are several.) > Yes, very true ... > > > I guess I'm just a little saddened that dancers and choreographers no > > longer feel that they can turn up at workshops with their own > > favourite (commercial) music and work with that - and I'm saying that > > as a professional sound artist and composer, where it's clearly in my > > best interests that music is commissioned rather than "found." > > (However, the more that choreographers develop their own personal > > libraries, the more articulate they seem to be in terms of working > > with composers when they get to that stage.) For public performances > > and full commissions, it's clear that music should be sourced and > > cleared in a professional manner. > I am not saddened by the fact that choreographers feel they cannot turn up > with their favourate CDs :-)) I feel this could be a good encouragement to > work with original music ! > ( In this respect I think that the London South Bank 'Composers and > Choreographers Exchange' is an initiative that deserves a lot of > credits and > ofcourse this Exchange exists for a long time already ! It's a shame that > it's still not an accepted way of working ... due to funding or .... ?? ) > > This brings me to a different thought about the 'multi disciplinary' age > which I would like to discuss ... shouldn't collaborations in general be > more encouraged from the very start, i.e. between technologists, > choreographers, dancers, composers, visual artists etc etc ? In a strange > way I feel that this 'veto' to bring CD's could be a start !! > > I'm sure we realise this collaboration aspect, but finding a, for example, > University course for people interested in a combination of arts > is still a > tough bite. ( see [dance-tech] Re: MA in dance and film/video ). > Not to mention Arts and Science ( computers too ! ) .... Even a > collaboration between the different departments in the same university > doesn't seem to be particularly encouraged .... > > I realise there are all sort of politics involved and that only recently > artists emerge that are not 'specialised' in the 'classical' way ( can I > call it that ?). That it is possible to combine different > artforms and 'map' > different artforms and computer data in an artisticly satisfactory way. > Allthough 'mapping' is now a computer term, it ofcourse derives from the > combination of different art languages and in that respect from > the classic > artforms ( Remember for example Schoenberg and Kandinsky talking about the > 'Rhythmical Painting' ). > > Can I suggest a new artist ? The 'Mapper', mapping data from a Cognitive > Science and Philosophical point of view. Not a choreographer, composer, > visual artist etc, but the person that has a general overview of > the art-art > and art-technology combinations in performances. But not like a 'Big > Brother' !! More like an almost natural 'messenger' between the > collaborators .... and I consider the computer to be a collaborator here ! > Sounds like mapping a neural network .... that would eliminate the 'Big > Brother' and all human politics :-)) ? > > Sorry, I'm just brainstorming about collaborations ... anybody > has a comment > on my thoughts if I have made myself clear, maybe I should be on a > Artificial Intelligence list :-)) ?? > Much appreciated ! > > Cheers, Stan > > Stan Wijnans > - Interactive performances > - sensor development > - Multi media composition > - Sound engineer > 07930 345 894 > > ---------------------------------------- > The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. > To post a > message, send email to dance-tech@dancetechnology.org. 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