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Marlon barrios solano's Blog – May 2008 Archive (9)

INTERFACING MOTION with Wireless Miditron

dance-tech.net with the support of its institutional partner Eroktronix is launching the contest "Interfacing Motion with MidiTron Wireless" to support a young active dance/performance artist in his or her initial explorations on interactive multimedia control for live performance of movement. For each of two consecutive 6-month periods,a selected artist will be given a new MidiTron Wireless to be used as an interface in new project… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 31, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

STEIM Funding in DANGER! Call for Support!

STEIM is a very important and influential organization with a huge positive impact on the electronic performance field, helping many performing artists to develop alternative ways interface movement and gesture with media outputs. It has developed software, hardware and educational platforms that have allowed hundred of artists from all over the world to experiment with technology with DIY and sustainable approached.

I was able to create… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 23, 2008 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

simon morris @ Lemurplex, Brooklyn, NYC

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New media artist Simon Morris presented his two interactive skateboards controlling the lemuplex musical bots.… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 11, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

dafna naphtali @ Lemurplex 5/2/08

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I went to the end of residency show at Lemurplex, and Dafna Naphtali presented a piece for the Lemurplex bots also exploring morse code, online poetry generator and Wii controllers. Very cool and nuance composition! I put here almost the whole performance! Dafna Naphtali is a sound-artist/improviser-composer from an eclectic background of… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 10, 2008 at 11:53pm — No Comments

Peek to the Design and The Elastic Mind @ Moma, NYC

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Short video of some pieces at the Moma in NYC. It was not allowed! Emergent Surface by Chuck Hoberman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsD6p7OXfA8

http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2007/06/seed_salon_lisa_randall_chuck.php

Technological Dreams Series N.1 by Anthony Dunne and Fiona… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 4, 2008 at 12:36am — No Comments

kate Weare@Dance New Amsterdam

I made this preview for kate Weare Company about three weeks ago and they are performing this week in SPLICE at DNA. sharing the program with Deborah Lohse. She got an edge with duets full of raw elegance. They are technically sensual with calculated violence and layered complicity.

I will attend the show this Sunday, This is taste from that informal showing!… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 2, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

DNA World and interview with Lois Greenfield!

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Dance New Amsterdam, where I work as a web/new media specialist launched DNA World, a social network open to everybody.

This is from the home page:

Dance New Amsterdam, downtown New York's home for contemporary dance invites you to be a part of DNA World. To see members pages and any content beyond… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 2, 2008 at 2:00am — No Comments

Vilayanur Ramachandran: Crossmodal Synesthetic Abstraction

http://www.ted.com - In a wide-ranging talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran explores how brain damage can reveal the connection between the internal structures of the brain and the corresponding functions of the mind. He talks about phantom limb pain, synesthesia (when people hear color or smell sounds), and the Capgras delusion, when brain-damaged people believe their closest friends and family have been replaced with… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 1, 2008 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor: Embodiment and Interconnectedness

http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one… Continue

Added by marlon barrios solano on May 1, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments