The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

May 1, 2009


terpsichoreographic unit (t.u.)

there are two types of t.u.s - one possessing the pylon of the sleeper,
the other a black featureless sphere.
a dancer/performer sits on either and an animation takes over until
s/he rises. there are five animations for each t.u. chosen at random.
spherical shells of particles embed the performer.
the black featureless sphere is a black hole with an inverted event
horizon. the particles may trap the display driver into crashing.
the display driver enters overload and the interface enters crash mode.
the pylon sleeper t.u. is a dream production machine trapping the
dancer into useless dream production particle phenomena. the particles
may trap the display driver into crashing.
the display driver enters overload and the interface enters crash mode.
a t.u. DANCE consists of 4-5 t.u.s in an environment with performers on
each. performers may stand and move to other t.u.s.
the t.u. INSTALLATION may be placed anywhere at a moment's notice.
variables include animations, particle textures and stream intensities.
of course one may dance in the vicinity of particle streams which
continue for at least thirty seconds after the performer stands.
one may also assign physicality to the pylon or black featureless
sphere, in which case the object may be GRABBED during particle
emission and moved; this creates temporary particle FLORA within the
performance space.
videos below give some indication (between computer crashes) of the
mechanism; stills give a few closeups.

http://www.alansondheim.org/wrrr.mov
http://www.alansondheim.org/wrrr2.mov
http://www.alansondheim.org/ wrrr pngs

thanks to Eifachfilm Vacirca for script and script modification.

multiple sites

http://www.alansondheim.org/flure.mp4
http://www.alansondheim.org/ flure pngs

clustered sit-dance-choreography among t.u.s.

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