Improvisation Technologies︎︎︎
William Forsythe developed a system using the body as geometric points and planes that creates new possible shapes and trajectories for movement generation and a greater sense of spatail forms in space with the body. It’s an extensive system with several catagories and spoecific excersises- all great to experiment with and use with artists from any discipline.
For Example:
Point point line: imagining points and lines that corolate to joinmts and sections of the body
Imagining lines; creating a line between two points or body points
Extrusion: from body to floor- making planes
Matching: putting two lines together- rotate- take away
Folding: folding lines
Bridging: simple construction by matching points
Collapsing point: all the lines between points or joints in a static position
Dropping points: dropping to the floor or along floor
Complex movements: keeping lines in your mind- a feel for them in complex moving
See link for full system- and Forsythe himself is demonstrating.
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For Example:
Point point line: imagining points and lines that corolate to joinmts and sections of the body
Imagining lines; creating a line between two points or body points
Extrusion: from body to floor- making planes
Matching: putting two lines together- rotate- take away
Folding: folding lines
Bridging: simple construction by matching points
Collapsing point: all the lines between points or joints in a static position
Dropping points: dropping to the floor or along floor
Complex movements: keeping lines in your mind- a feel for them in complex moving
See link for full system- and Forsythe himself is demonstrating.
Welcome to mapping collaboration, a toolbox for workshopping and creating across disciplines...
In spite of a long history of interdisciplinary creation, from our earliest recorded arts to our present moment, artistic pedagogy has created divisions between disciplines. This has left artists in a "post-Babel" condition where we don't share the same language and definitions. It’s also encouraged artists to develop practices for devising, creating and composing work that are distinct to their disciplines.
In spite of a long history of interdisciplinary creation, from our earliest recorded arts to our present moment, artistic pedagogy has created divisions between disciplines. This has left artists in a "post-Babel" condition where we don't share the same language and definitions. It’s also encouraged artists to develop practices for devising, creating and composing work that are distinct to their disciplines.
The inspiration for this project came from faculty and students at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts where BFA, MFA and PhD programs in Dance, Theatre Production and Design, Visual Art, Film, and Music and Sound all work together in studio settings and playfully experiment with processes of art-making.
We wanted to create a database of projects, assignments and theory that we collect inside the studio and from research happening in other places. We are curious about how we collaborate and how structures reoccur, translate and deviate from one discipline to another.
Composition is central to these processes and offers a base for our approaches and experiments. We are excited about what our students are doing and inspired by the new languages in contemporary art and performance we continue to see develop.
︎︎︎select a category above to build assignments, learn more about how artists process ideas across disciplines and to create a collaborative process of your own
︎︎︎these tools are collected and used in workshops and classes; some are resources from artists; some are quotes about art-making and how bodies think and listen; others are ideas to expand and disrupt your own training and processes.
︎︎︎Each idea is intentially short- and not meant to be executed as written, but to be adapted to your own practice and specific project/context. Some may be taken in parts or combined with others to spark new ways of training and making together.
︎︎︎submit your own ideas and tools so we can keep building this site!
︎︎︎select a category above to build assignments, learn more about how artists process ideas across disciplines and to create a collaborative process of your own
︎︎︎these tools are collected and used in workshops and classes; some are resources from artists; some are quotes about art-making and how bodies think and listen; others are ideas to expand and disrupt your own training and processes.
︎︎︎Each idea is intentially short- and not meant to be executed as written, but to be adapted to your own practice and specific project/context. Some may be taken in parts or combined with others to spark new ways of training and making together.
︎︎︎submit your own ideas and tools so we can keep building this site!
