Figural Bodies
"Figural Bodies," created with Candoco Dance, is active research towards deconstructing mocap data from its enforced normative algorithms, celebrating subversion and difference in the immersive representation of bodies. Disabled dancers in Austin and London, connected through Goldsmiths Mocap Streamer, seek to find each other and share embodied communication through virtual interaction. The dancers communicate through a co-created movement vocabulary, using motion data, machine learning, and customised avatar forms, pushing the boundaries of how bodies can be represented and interact in the Metaverse. Audiences can watch in VR as well as on screens, in live and pre-captured performance modes
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Credits
Directors: | Clarice Hilton, Neal Coghlan |
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Executive Producer: | Daniel Strutt |
Producer: | Susanna Dye, Kat Hawkins |
Sound Designer: | Ashley Noel-Hirst |
Additional Credits: | Mocap Technician: Clemence Debaig, Choreographer: Kat Hawkins, Choreographer: Susanna Dye |
Contact
Public Film Contact: | Daniel Strutt |
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Publicity Contact: | Daniel Strutt |
Details
Primary Entry: | Music Badge Platinum Badge Interactive Badge Film & TV Badge |
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Year: | 2023 |
Premiere Status: | World Premiere |
Genres: | Experimental, Hybrid, Interactive |
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Language: | English |
Runtime: | 15 mins |