Done by Daryl, Yenee, and Ashley
Flow.mo
Trailer:
Location: Truss Room
Flow.mo is a performance inspired by the ‘Butoh’ dance. ‘Butoh’ dance is frequently regarded as surreal and androgynous and focuses on primal expressions of the human condition rather than physical beauty. The performance involves a conductor (one of us) who controls the rhythm of the backing track and instruments that are playing in the space. 3 other performers will be controlling an instrument each and 1 will be controlling the light projection. In total, there will be 5 performers. We hope to encourage our performers to move with their feelings.
Technologies used
Devices used: 3 computers, 5 phones, 3 projectors, speaker
Zigsim: to obtain values like gravity/acceleration/gyro/2d touch from the phone
TouchDesigner: for light projection, “middle man” between Zigsim and Ableton.
One computer is used to take in values from 3 phones (that controls one instrument each). It controls which note to play based on how high or low the phone is (gravity values). 3 performers will hold 1 phone each.
The values are connected to another computer that controls the sounds and rhythm on Ableton. The rhythm is controlled by how high or low the phone is (gravity values). This phone is held by the conductor (Daryl)
The light particles will move according to the gravity, acceleration, and gyro values from the last phone.
Ableton: to play the backing track and instruments
Flow of performance
In order to ease our performers into performing, one dancer (Daryl) will move together with them and controls the rhythm of the performance. Instructions are also given throughout the performance by a speaker (Yenee). The conductor (Ashley) will play certain tracks (intro sound, breathing sound, solo tracks for each instrument) based on the instructions given by the dancer/speaker.
The instructions can be found here: Flow Motion Script
Video documentation
Full performance:
References
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/05/28/books/book-reviews/butoh-dance-death-disease/
