International Conference | 29 June - 03 July 2005 Bonenfant: Yvon | UK Presenters: Yvon Bonenfant (University College Winchester) and Ali Maclaurin (Queen Margaret University College) Title: Toward the mapping of the body as a costume/voice interface in performance composition This is presentation is the result of research into the collaborative process in performance composition/devising. Two artists worked together on this project.
Indeed, as little research of this kind has been done in this area, we needed to focus this pilot project around a number of basic concerns and areas for reflection. These were:
Our presentation will thus focus on sketching out preliminary answers to these questions; these ‘answers’ are gleaned from our reflective, practice-led research. The process and the piece From June, 2005, we held a number of ideas-sharing and devising sessions during which we created a piece of new work. These happened in largely experimental and instinctive ways, as we needed to discover vocabularies for communicating across conceptual frameworks. The resulting piece, Acoustic/Electric, was shown at the Diapason Sound Art Gallery, New York City, in October, 2005 and was curated by Micah Silver for the gallery. The live piece included costuming/wigging/fabric, extensive use of extended voice, and digital sound algorhythms that made vocal sound ‘move’ around a 12-channel sound system, as part of our experimentation with tactility and spacialisation. The piece lasted 2.5 hours and was performed to an audience at the Gallery’s regular Saturday night showings. Content of PARIP presentation As the live experience of the piece is impossible to reproduce without the sonic resources of Diapason, we will be drawing from:
… to communicate our current reflections on responses to our research concerns. ‘Peer Review’ We ask, in particular, for any questions and feedback that might provide fodder for exploring the following:
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