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This blog was used to record the internal process, inquiry and analysis of "Bodies in O", a dance installation that premiered at the Alberta Gallery of Art on November 20, 2010. Gerry Morita, working from the "Oil Series" large scale photographs of Ed Burtynsky, attempted to transform into dance, sound and performance, some of the issues and images relevant to the photos.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Collage Process
We continue to meet in a very layered way, and did a 'show and share' of Spine, Limbs, and Optic Nerve today. I am purposely trying to introduce performance into the process, since the different sections will not interact with one another in performance. I want the performers to be able to conceive of the whole by placing themselves outside for parts other than the ones that they are in. I am appreciating the density of what we are creating, and anticipate editing and clarifying as we evolve, but still with the same weight of material that we now have.
We played a bit with the video images for Spine with Eryn, which is going to be more interesting and pertinent to the whole piece than I initially thought.
It is interesting to have Ernest there photographing- a luxury in some ways, and it keeps things on edge a bit in other ways. I promise to post some shots of his process.
Now that we have our overall structure, titles, time frames, we just need to get the music and the journeys mapped out a bit more.
We played a bit with the video images for Spine with Eryn, which is going to be more interesting and pertinent to the whole piece than I initially thought.
It is interesting to have Ernest there photographing- a luxury in some ways, and it keeps things on edge a bit in other ways. I promise to post some shots of his process.
Now that we have our overall structure, titles, time frames, we just need to get the music and the journeys mapped out a bit more.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
titles and one-liners
"Spine"dancers: Eryn Tempest, David MacInnis, Gerry Morita, Matt Brault
location: under the stairs on 1F
dancer: Eryn Tempest
Viewing the body as an intimate landscape
"Limbs"
location: RBC gallery on 2F
dancer: Heidi Bunting
Remembering the body as more than a sum of parts, in relation to missing parts
"Optic Nerve"
location: 3F gallery
dancer: Katrina Smy (dress by Sid Neigum)
singer: Michelle Milenkovic
An operatic and visual ode to the end of oil
"Organs"
location: stairwell from 3F to 1F
Finding love through gravity; falling and halting
Sound design by Shawn Pinchbeck
Scoreography by Gerry Morita
Mile Zero Dance
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