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Practice Based Research - Wk 3 - Sense of Space

2013-10-30T14:11:54.442Z

ACTIVITY: spend 30 minutes in a space and slow the traffic of your mind.

LOCATION: VBCO Villa

MUSIC: The Fish in the Deep Soup by frompast0

SPOKEN WORD: The Fish in the Deep Sea Water Probably Gives Out a Deep Sigh by yamamiya

Featuring Riyu Konata

Words by Bun Onoe

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I, Avatar

2010-07-17T23:15:01.728Z

Concept: Neylan Ogutveren
Performance: Yigit Daldikler, Ezgi Didem Sozgoturmez
Choreography: Yigit Daldikler, Neylan Ogutveren
Visuals: Candas Sisman
Sound Design: Mert Kizilay
Costume Design: Selim Baklaci
Catalogue Design: Fahri Ozdemir
Photography: Berna Esperanza Ogutveren
Light and Camera Operator: Nefes Polat

“I, Avatar” performance is questioning if “Is our body the avatar of our soul on earth?”

“I, Avatar” conveys the information of the human body into the avatar on the computer screen while it is in process of questioning it. The performance exposes some occasions such as “loading” and “disconnected” through its own way, while using the Internet.

Avatar Theatre Live! (Mimesis & Mocap Performance Study)

2010-05-10T22:36:00.063Z

Over a hundred years ago Edward Gordon Craig predicted the future invention of a theatrical medium that would create more believable stage characters, which he termed the Ubermarionette. Since then animated 3D characters have been designed in digital media, but have yet to be fully realized in live theatrical performances.

My Mimesis & Mocap MFA thesis is a cross-disciplinary performance study in creating expressive and improvisational interaction between human performers and 3D characters, using motion capture technology, on a live theatrical or movie set. The two performances in the study, The Avatar Dance and The Magic Mirror Game, envision future methods of re-creating classic dance and pantomime gestures with a digital double, or avatar.

The Avatar Dance was performed as part of the UCSC DANM-Theatre Arts co-production of Stop the Press!, where it featured several gestural classics done for the first time between a performer and his 3D avatar in front of a live audience. The MFA thesis performance of The Magic Mirror Game in the UCSC DANM thesis exhibition further explores a virtual rendition of the classic Marx Brothers Mirror Gag, which is also played by the same actor and his digital double in a backstage dressing room between performances of Stop the Press!

This MFA performance study shows the vision or proof-of-concept for further PhD research in improvisational synthespians beginning fall 2010 in UCSCs Computational Cinematics group which is part of the Expressive Intelligence Studio. The authors intent is to form a new medium of theatrical entertainment: The Theatre of the Avatar. Concept, design, animation, and performance by Chris(Topher) Maraffi. Background music excerpts by Chris Molla, Harry Connick Jr, and Radiohead. More info: chrismaraffi.com

3D Avatar Dance Live Show

2010-04-10T21:01:11.220Z

My Avatar Dance live performance draws inspiration from and gives homage to classic pantomime, vaudeville, and dance movements of the past, while updating their interactivity for the future. The routine includes variations of the Mirror Gag, Rope Pull Gag, Ladder Climb Gag, Breakdancing Battle, and a Juggling Toss. To my knowledge, this is one of the first times, if not the first time, that these gestural classics have been done on stage between a human performer and a virtual 3D character in front of a live audience.

The dance features the Organic Originator (Topher 1.8) dancing with his Digital Doppelganger (Topher 2.0), and is part of a performance study on creating believable real-time character interaction between live performers and digital synthespians on a theatrical set. This interdisciplinary MFA project, called Mimesis & Mocap, applies techniques from pantomime and puppetry to 3D computer animation, while using motion capture technology and projections, to create a hybrid performance medium that seeks to embody and update Craigs theatrical concept of The Ubermarionette. This piece is my first step in creating a new Theatre of the Avatar.

Concept, design, choreography, realtime animation, and performance by Chris (Topher) Maraffi. The Avatar Dance was part of UCSC Theater Arts-DANM Performative Technologies Group co-production of "Stop the Press!", an experimental play about technological change and progress, which was performed at UCSC XSpace Theater on Feb 26-March 7, 2010. Production directed by Kimberly Jannarone, music by Chris Molla, lighting by Erik Ladue, set by Matt Kedzie, and costume by Olivia Warner. Ray Kurzweil played by Petey Donatello, MC played by Alexander Henriquez, and Bill Joy played by Patrick Young. Special thanks to Ricardo Tobon for his motion capture expertise and to Kathy Foley for her Ubermarionette knowledge. Additional thanks to Jim Bierman, David Cuthbert, performative DANMites, and all the Theater Arts STP crew and cast. Handheld camera by Leland Moriarty. Video edited from multiple live camera documentation footage. Learn more about Topher's work at www.chrismaraffi.com

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2010-02-18T02:07:58.723Z

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