Part of the dance is created on computer by using the computer software, LifeForms.
BYTE CITY
An architectural dance event
Throughout history architecture and technology has continuously shaped and reshaped our perception of the world we live in. From the Parthenon to Miesian glass and steel skyscrapers, the human understanding of space and distance has continuously evolved. Today our notion of space is facing another radical change. In the "Global Community" of the information highway, the entire world is no further away than the click of a button. Space can no longer be measured in terms of 3-dimensional standardized units, and has instead become a virtual layering of locations in which all points are equidistant from each other.Byte City provides a context for examining our shifting concept of spatial structure. Dancers will explore the physical space of Clark Studio within a Sound Event Field Activator (SOFEA), an original architectural installation designed and constructed by Luka Kito and Koichiro Ishiguro. SOFEA consists of nine plexi glass tubes hung on a grid, each containing a speaker. When activated SOFEA will create a sound field, a layer of virtual space shaped from the sounds of nine geographical locations throughout the city.
Further spatial layering in the event is provided through the collaboration of the participating artists: choreographer Luka Kito, sound designer Harutaka Oribe, lighting designer, Rhonda Rubinson, and costume designer Jenna Hong. Each artist was given a site map of Manhattan from which they were asked to independently develop nine sections of the event. The development and scope of the artists’ sections will not be known to each other ahead of time, so first intersection, of these projects will occur within the space of Clark Studio. The anticipated result is an event that will empirically feign the structure of cyberspace. When the products of each artist’s assignment are interwoven in a physical and virtual layering of time and place, the experience will simulate the Web structure, revealing the enigmatic nature of space and distance in our ever changing world.
Part of the dance is created on computer by using the computer software, LifeForms.
Images are created in 3DStudio Max.