Motion Capture
As part of the Ignite Sparks Festival, Dundee
Hannah Maclure Centre, Dundee
24th May 2016, 8pm
“Motion Capture” sees two currently unrelated areas of art; music making through live coding and improvised dance, come together in an experiment live on stage. Electroacoustic musician and live coder Suk-Jun Kim creates music through a computer, whilst two dance artists improvise movement in response. The dancers know nothing about what Suk-Jun Kim will code, but must create a coherent piece of performance in the moment.
Inspired by The Artifact's “Flow!” events, where dancers and spoken word artists perform a series of spontaneous duets, “Motion Capture” now takes this a step further, bringing a technological, machine element into a collaboration that was previously undertaken by human beings.
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The premiere of Motion Capture was part of Ignite Dundee’s 2016 Ignite Sparks programme celebrating the Year of Innovation, Architecture & Design #IgniteDundee. Stay tuned for future events.
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"That was intense. I hovered between a happy place and great anxiety."
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Clare Brennan, Hannah Maclure Centre
