Massumi (body/object/event)

'On the list of distinctions it becomes difficult to sustain in any categorical way are those between artefact and thing, body and object-and even thought and matter. Not only do these relay in reciprocal becomings; together they ally in process. They are tinged with event.'

Massumi on Body and its indeterminacy (or openness)

‘If at any point I thought of this refreshing in terms of regaining a “concreteness” of experience, I was quickly disabused of the notion. Take movement. When a body is in motion, it does not coincide with itself. It coincides with its own transition: its own variation. The range of variations it can be implicated in is not present in any given movement, much less in any position it passes through. In motion, a body is in an immediate, unfolding relation to its own nonpresent potential to vary. That relation, to borrow a phrase from Gilles Deleuze, is real but abstract.’

‘Here, abstract means: never present in a position, only ever passing. This is an abstractness pertaining to the transitional immediacy of a real relation-that of a body to its own indeterminacy (its openness to an elsewhere and otherwise than it is, in any here and now).’ (Massumi, 2002 pp. 4-5)

Projection and Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ApWKEVgYg&feature=related

Stunning choreography working with a fantastic set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rkDlgu95PQ&feature=youtu.be

Draw a dance? or Dance a drawing?

This performance explores dance as the inhabitant of space, leaving beautiful, large drawings behind. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker explains the project here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1OHl8_MPEg&feature=share

Tangible Interactive Artwork

While researching work done on Augmented Reality, I came across James Alliban and his work in the field. I became an instant fan, particularly for his recent collaborative piece Cell. His blog is a great source of information and insights. http://jamesalliban.wordpress.com/

Scott Sona Snibbe's website and a look at Björk's Biophilia App Album

http://www.snibbe.com/

The website explores new media work produced by the artist, including a beautiful piece installed at the LA International Airport Tom Bradley International Terminal.

A fantastic new find of ENESS for me

ENESS-artist collective working with projection, video and immersive surfaces, creating magical environments that question our preconcieved notions of reality. http://www.eness.com/?r=Projects