I decided to share my notes on the dance performance experiment that was held at the Motion Lab, UC Davis in fall 2019. The lab is directed by prof. Michael Neff. I was lucky to be assisted by Monique Rodriguez, an undergraduate student in Cinema & Digital Media at that time. My ‘global’ aim was an … More Materials of Mocap Dance Experiment are public now
Featured photo was made by Gino Robair Forlin. I finally decided to make my working materials and reports on ‘Multiple Selfie in the Dark’ (2019) public. You can check it here. It is quite wild but hopefully it might have some value. It was devoted to the use of technology, in particular the technology which … More Practice as Research Journal on Multiple Selfie in the Dark is public now
Исходный текст на русском можно прочесть ниже. Saturday, 24 July 2021, 19:30 Sadler’s Wells Theatre National Youth Dance Company / Alesandra Seutin — Speak Volumes Last week, I attended Sadler’s Wells production for National Youth Dance Company (dancers aged from 16 to 20+) choreographed and directed by Alesandra Seutin. The performance was titled ‘Speak Volumes’ … More SPEAK VOLUMES dance performance by NYDC at SADLER’S WELLS 24 July 2021
Исходный текст на русском можно прочесть ниже. Thursday, 22 July 2021, 20:00Studio Spaces (Unit 2, 110 Pennington St, London E1W 2BB) LAUNCH: A Contemporary Performance with works by Luke Birch, Julian Nichols, and Cree B. Williams That was the first live program of dance works presented by Bodies in Action, a contemporary dance company recently … More LAUNCH dance program by BODIES IN ACTION dance company at STUDIO SPACES 22 July 2021
Today, for a few hours more, “3142,” a performance on video, is a part of the program “I’m Bored, What’s Next?” The performance was made in collaboration with Julia Edith Rigby. “I’m Bored, What’s Next?” is a virtual dance festival that presents dance videos made by independent artists. The festival is directed by Molly Huey who desired … More “3142” performance on video at “I’m Bored, What’s Next?”
Today, “3142,” a performance on video, will be part of the program Open Performance Movement Research. The performance was made in collaboration with Julia Edith Rigby, a recent MFA graduate in Art Studio from UC Davis and my friend. The idea was to continue producing artworks in spite of being self-isolated, to stay in touch … More “3142” performance on video at Open Performance Movement Research
Ksenia Fedorova wrote a book, “Tactics of Interfacing: Encoding Affect in Art and Technology,” and included my work, “Inside the Chain,” as one of the case studies in the book. The media dance performance “Inside the Chain” was made in collaboration with Denis Perevalov (programming) and Anna Vozzhennikova (design). Among some other artists contributed into … More Appearing in a book
I am presenting on Face Dance at the EASST/4S Prague 2020 conference (18-21 August). The presentation is pre-recorded. Non-presenters can join the conference any moment for $30/60 (https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/registration/) and get access to about 1500 presentations during 60 days. The conference is the biggest one in STS (Science and Technology Studies).
BEING IMPERFECT/INCOMPLETE The pre-release single of the South Korean girl group BLACKPINK «How You Like That» was premiered on YouTube on June 26. It accumulated more than 1/3 billion views, 13 million likes, and more than 2 million comments in less than a month. Of course, the clip is perfect. It is all about perfection, … More Summer 2020 Note #2
DANCE AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY There is a great master thesis with the title «Dance and the Use of Technology» launched into the world by Beth Ann Capristo in 2012. It is available online. Capristo skillfully overviewed possible intersections of dance and technology writing on dance influence on film and television, dance with technology … More Summer 2020 Note #1
Ekaterina Zharinova 