GMU:Performing for Machines (Body Work in Cybernetic Systems) - Isabella Lee Arturo

WiSe 24/25

Fachmodule 6 credits

(45 h Presence + 67,5 h Deepening & Examination)

Dates:

Montag 13:30 – 16:45 Uhr

Description:

EN:

This course offers an introductory overview of body-based art and their encounter with technology. We will learn by recreating the innovative ideas that have shaped today's art scene and discuss collective working methods for integrating interactive technology into performance art pieces.

Since the first half of the last century, the cybernetic school of thought has profoundly transformed every aspect of our lives, from urban planning to market economies. What does it mean to live in bodies that move through automated systems and their ecosystems? Based on cybernetic concepts, we will explore the interrelations between bodies and their environments. To achieve this, we will review performative and action-based strategies for developing artistic ideas. Performative artwork encompasses a wide range of practices, and with the inclusion of computers and digital systems, new strategies have emerged. We will consider performance beyond traditional disciplines, and by the end of the course, students will develop proposals for collaboration and improvisation with digital technology. Participants will collaborate with Alexander König's students, who will be learning to develop interactive networks in TouchDesigner. DE:

Dieser Kurs bietet einen ersten Überblick über körperbasierte Kunst und ihre Interaktion mit Technologie.  Die Teilnehmer lernen von den innovativen Arbeiten von Künstler/innen, die die aktuelle Kunstszene beeinflusst haben, und diskutieren kollektive Arbeitsmethoden zur Integration interaktiver Technologie in Performance-Kunstwerke.

Seit der ersten Hälfte des letzten Jahrhunderts hat die kybernetische Denkschule jeden Aspekt unseres Lebens tiefgreifend verändert. Was bedeutet es, in Körpern zu leben, die sich durch automatisierte Systeme und ihre Ökosysteme bewegen? Aufbauend auf kybernetischen Konzepten werden wir die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Körpern und ihrer Umgebung untersuchen.

Die Teilnehmer werden mit den Studenten von Alexander König zusammenarbeiten und lernen, wie man interaktive Projekte im TouchDesigner entwickelt.

Schedule:

Topics	Artist  List	Work Title	Dates
The Mundane Body	Joseph Bueys Maria Teresa Hincapié Mierle Laderman Ukeles	peeling the potato Una cosa es una cosa Maintenance Art	28.10.2024
The Disciplined Body	Marina Abramović Yvonne Reiner Tehching Hsieh	Endurance Performance Trio A One Year Performance	04.11.2024 (AB week)
Disciplines	Open for students with Sports / Dancing /Theatre background		11.11.2024 (AB week)
Instructions	Fluxus playbook		18.11.2024
Extensions for the Body	Rebecca Horn Walter Pichler
Expanding the Body with Media (Expanded Cinema)	VALIE EXPORT Shigeko Kubota		25.11.2024
Video Rituals	Joan Jonas Bruce Nauman	- Videos Actions in studio
	Excursion Schieferpark		02.12.2024
Participatory idea-machines	Anna and Lawrence Halprin	‘RSVP Cycles’	09.12.2024
Cyborg	Stelarc		18.12.2024
	Holidays
Body and Interfaces	Jeffrey Shaw Marnix de Nijs Simon Penny	The legible City Run Motherfucker Run Traces	06.01.2025
Artificial Emotions	Arthur Elsenaar, Huge Harry and Remko Scha	On the expressive potential of the computer controlled human face	13.01.2025
In front of screens	Victoria Vesna Tamás Waliczky Mona Sarkis	Bodies INCorporated Conversation Käferlein	20.01.2025
Multimedia Poems	Beverly Riser, Hans Reiser Rebecca Fuson	Life on a Slice Event Horizon
Interactivity and audiences	Toshiro Anzai, Tamil Kihara Richard Green Liz Phillips Michael Saup	Moppet Light Strokes Echo-Evolution at the Kitchen in NYC Binary Ballistic Ballet	27.01.2025
			03.02.2025

Recommended reading:

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https://moodle.uni-weimar.de/course/view.php?id=50791

Students' final presentations:

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