Time：2008.9.21(Tues.) 15:00-16:30
Venue：Museum of Contemporary Art,
Taipei 201ROOM
| Se Mi Sei Vicino; If you are close to me | |
| Artist：Sonia Cillari | |
| Website：http://www.soniacillari.net | |
Sonia Cillari is an Italian media artist and architect, lives and works in Amsterdam. Her work involves the creation of sensorial and perceptual mechanisms in immersive and augmented environments. Over the last years she has been specifically interested in a field of research concerning the ‘Body as Interface’.
With Se Mi Sei Vicino she received the Excellence Prize at Japan Media Arts Festival and the Honorable Mentions at Prix Ars Electronica: Interactive Art category and VIDA 9.0: Art & Artificial Life International competition. She has been one of the expert jury for the Prix Ars Electronica 2008: Interactive Art category.
The interactive performance Se Mi Sei Vicino (If you are close to me) is a practical research into the possibility of using the 'Body as Interface'. The main point of departure was the idea to measure human encounters, with the participants realizing that the boundaries of the self extend beyond their skins. A core element of the work is a sensor floor on which a performer is standing, functioning as a human antenna; when coming close to or being touched by members of the audience, the body movements are registered as electromagnetic activity. Surrounding the floor are large projections showing real-time algorithmic organisms connected to audio compositions, which change form according to fluctuations in the electromagnetic field.
The relative distance between the bodies determines what is to be seen and heard. This work has to be considered in relation with the tradition of performance and installation art, which problematizes the distinction between active performers and passive spectators.
In fact the audiences needs to participate with the whole body. Moving, approaching and touching must be included. This interaction makes that the boundaries of passivity and activity are blurred. Everyone is a potential performer.
| Chou Shu-Yi choreographer |
Chou graduated from the dance department of National Taiwan University of Arts.He has been choreographing since 2003. His works were selected two times by National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center’s “New Idea Dance Showcase”. His solo work “Street Lamp” was selected by Cloud Gate 2’s Seed Choreographer’s Project and performed in the International Dance Conference in 2004. The same work won the gold medal in the national dance competition organized by Council for Cultural Affairs.In 2006 he was invited to be guest performer of Cloud Gate 2 and was selected as Taiwan’s representative in Asian Young horeographer’s Project. His works have been performed by M Dans, Assembly Dance Theatre, Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company and Kaohsiung City Ballet.