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[aether] remote fairytales - performance invitation
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Wed Jun 6 16:50:10 CEST 2007
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Dear aethernauts
the next performance of the aether9 group will be on Thursday 14th of
june, online and in brussels
at 7 PM in europe = 10 AM california = noon in colombia
in an audience packed gallery in the center of Brussels (n3krozoft Ltd
will occupy this space for 3 days (see the attached flyer). the
performance and the exhibit is called
"remote fairytales, contes lontains, fabel op afstand"
(last expression is flemmish - brussels is bilingual french/flemish.
flemish is very very close to dutch).
the idea for this performance:
1) on location in brussels, next to the screen, there will be 2 persons
on stage:
- Deirdre Foster (she is a storyteller and actress from Geneva) - she
will tell her version on the classical tale (from the Grimm brothers)
"La jeune fille sans mains" (The girl without hands -->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Without_Hands).
- Me, Boris, i will be conferencing the audience about the reunion of an
important group of patchers (i'm almost over writing this
conference-like text extrapolating from my aether9 experience!)
we will intermingle our texts and form a strange dialogue.
our idea is that Deirdre & I will be quite confused about what is going
on: i will begin my conference by adressing myself to the audience in a
similar way and setting (chair, table, lamp) than academic conferences
are usually given, with the intention of informing he audience. Deirdre,
dressed in a ... fancy way, will then "interrupt me" and start telling
her tale, with the intention of enchanting her audience. I will react by
answering to her, in my conference mode, but with the intention of
understanding what Deirdre is doing here. Deirdre will continue her
tale, with the intention of unveiling the question: what am i doing in a
digital-media performance? i thought i was in a storyteller convention!
etc. and our dialogue will go on according to what happens between us
two, the audience and aether9 screens, but we will always stick more or
less to the stories we wrote.
2) remote aether9 part:
in parralel to the stage action, aether9 remote action will flow on the
screen (maybe 2 screens).
we didn't develop any script yet. but we want to.
the script will integrate formal and narrative elements related to the
stage action.
sometimes the stage action will be on standby for the screen action to
take all the attention. in these moments, formal elements of aether9
will prevail.
when the stage action will be running, the narrative elements of aether9
wil prevail, providing a visual tale.
i guess that there will be an irc channel for aether9 with somebody in
brussels giving cues for actions.
our texts are in french and should be translated to some extent in
english for everybody to grasp the stories... well for Deirdre's tale,
the basis is on the net and for mine i'll adress this later today.
we wish that all remote performers have a common "neutral" set , for
instance something simple like : a table with a chair, a neutral wall, a
picture on the wall, a book and paper + pen or typemachine on the table.
this in order to avoid total randomness of the visual aspect and
confusion for the viewers (online especially), in order to have some unity.
not all performers would be perorming at the same time, and it would be
good to have a common neutral state in a way.
3) sound
- there will be some sound environnment in the brussel performance.
somebody will be in charge of the sound diffusion.
we are not thinking of stremaing the sound for the moment.
- we would like to invite you to upload some sound files on
aether at artslashmedia.ftp server in the >web >"sounds_remote_fairytales"
folder
- please view D. Lynch "rabbit" project for interesting sound treatment
(in our view...)
--> here are 2 videos:
http://www.bzzp.biz/temp/
(1st episode: full first episode, 10min
fragment: 2 min extract)
- you could also record yourselves saying short sentences (cf. lynch again).
4) rehearsals
- on the 13th of june, one day before the performance, we should do a
videocheck to see how everything is running in the gallery (at the same
time scheduled for the next day's performance.)
- this friday (8th of june), we would like to do a jam session.
this session will adress technical problems (the aether9 system was
working well on the "electronic café international" session of the 10th
of may.
since manuel has been working more on the patch and we need to test the
latest versions.
we will also write some script with formal elements to test how it goes.
for instance:
- the table setting described before
- make a cross between the 9 screens
- 2 persons making phone calls at the same time
etc.
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so,
who will participate in this landmark performance?
- to my knowledge, the following aethernauts said that in principle they
are ready to take part:
Nathalie from paris, Audrey from holland, Paula from medellin, cym from
walkendorf, Chris from yorba linda - california.
i guess that a group from geneva will do a part too.
- Dr. Gomez & the league?
- Rhys from australia? (i heard that he would use puppets - that would
be good - performance time in au. would be early early in the morning.)
- Johan from berlin?
- Milena from the brazil group?
- Laure form the Kingdom of belgium?
--
so we need to know asap:
who will be there for the jam session this friday
who wishes to take part in the "remote fairytales" perfomance on the
14th of june (and, if possible, the rehearsal on the 13th of june).
all ideas, suggestion, disagreements etc. welcome and awaited!!!
i love this team!
looking forward,
Boris
[aether] last news and performance preparation
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Sat Jun 9 14:44:31 CEST 2007
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hello aethernauts,
we jammed yesterday with
laure_bruxell1, paula_medellin, manu_geneva, boris_brussel2 and
amirali_teheran (chat&images)
+
christiaan_california, cym_walkendorf, ideakritik_rotterdam and the
league_california (chat only)
no script was established so it began slowly in a quite random jam, then
ideakritik brilliantly gave cues according to elements of the "girl
without hands" tale. it lasted 3 hours or so.
--
technical conclusions:
- the viewing 9frame html page works great (i attached some screenshots,
some slots are black because we weren't 9)
- for maxers: the patch upload_109 works perfectly
- for ftp uploaders: it works well also
this means that the transmission system for next thursday's performance
is fully fonctional!
--
practical conclusions:
- we all agreed that it is extremely helpfull to be 2 persons for the
performance, for example:
1 person in charge of following the irc chat for the cues, for the
computer manipulations and the camera manipulations
1 person in charge of the image (as actor, puppetist, drawer etc)
- we need a fine tuned script - this script should be finished on
wednesday at the latest. (see my propositions below)
- each performer needs a clear method. everybody develops one naturally,
but it's better to find it before the performance than during the
performance... will you use a fix or moving camera? etc etc.
we need law&order: more the formal aspects are defined, the better it
"feels" (knowing that anyway it will be quite hazardeous - i like this
struggle).
it's possible at any time now to upload images and visualise it on
>http://1904.cc/aether/ >new test interface!!!
- perform simple & small things
we may think that what we are uploading is not "rich" or interesting
enough, but then we forget that there are 8 other images!
- react quicky & act slowly
it's difficult to be all alert & super fast to react to cues and in the
same way remember not to rush the action
- obviously prepare a maximum of stuff before the beggining, in this way
you can concentrate on less things during the performance.
maxers:
- use the 109 for upload and the htlm 9frame page to view (not the more
complex upload_107 patch, wich may crash)
- use the start/stop button often - do not constantly upload images.
press the stop button to rearrange the setting and prepare for next actions.
pressing once "start" then immediatly press "stop" will upload just one
image. this is great to create controlled animations (although it's hard
to control the order of the images, but it's verry fun nevertheless).
--
proposals for the basis of the script:
- the script form in grid that we used for the first aether9 performance
was great i think.
- it is now certain that we will use the "Girl Without Hands" tale.
Deirdre will tell it during the performance in brussels (we don't know
exaclty "how")
- think it would be efficient and elegant to make a clear distinction
between when we upload "formal" elements (like "film an empty desk
before an empy chair") and "narrative" elements like
("The devil sends a messenger to kill the queen and daugther!")
i guess some of us prefer to do a performance with emphasis on formal
visuals, while others are more interested in emphasizing the
video-storytelling - it's different types of freedom and constraint.
both aspects are very important but cannot realistically be reunited by
every single performer yet (because it would need so much preparation).
one way to do this would be to have a constant distinction on the screen
between who is working "fomal" and who is working "narrative".
yesterday when everybody displayed an empty chair - the impression was
striking! common action works, and they never fail to create an
extremely deep impression.
but the formal elements should always be thought of as going with the
tale in a way but not interpretating it litterally.
all this shall be scripted of course.
- the n3krozoft team can edit the script according to all the input on
the mailing list and related discussions, but if somebody or a group
wants to take the responsability to put this sript together, it would be
a great relief for us (because we are also in the rush of preparing the
exhibit: building fine zoetropes, editing dvd's, printing very large
video stills and more...). Please anonce it asap if you want to do this.
--
lineup for thursday the 14th:
sure: cym, laure, paula, nathalie, christiaan
maybe: geneva, amirali:teheran, ideakritik
no news: johan (berlin), alejo
--> so we aren't ready yet participation-wise (there won't be any live
performance in the brussel gallery space itself.)
--
lookking forward,
boris
[aether] tommorow's jam session - details
bk bk at [nospam] n3krozoft.com
Thu Jun 7 21:58:42 CEST 2007
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hello!
tommorow's (8.06.2007) jam session is at
9 PM in europe
Noon in califonia
10 AM in colombia
11 PM in moscow
new working patches!!!
new 9 frame viewer html-page!!!
---
a couple exercices for us:
-let's try to upload monochromatic images only at times (whether with
colored light if you have or filters to put in front of the camera or
any other way we can find)
please prepare to upload images using red, blue and yellow.
+ darkness (not total)
- anything that has to do with the "Girl without hands" tale is welcome.
- if your camera films a setting with a wall (and some picture on it), a
table, a chair and sombody (you?) sitting behind the table, perfect!
(would be nice to try this all at the same time).
---
server list. 08.06.2007
1 | 2 | 3
4 | 5 | 6
7 | 8 | 9
Frame 1 - http://1904.cc/~aether/1
Frame 2 - http://1904.cc/~aether/2/
Frame 3 - http://10111.org/~aether/0/
Frame 4 - http://10111.org/~aether/1/
Frame 5 - http://artslashmedia.net/~aether/5/
Frame 6 - http://aether.front.ru/6/
Frame 7 - http://aether.front.ru/7/
Frame 8 - http://aether.smtp.ru/cym/
Frame 9 - http://aether.smtp.ru/9/
for ftp uploaders: username and password on each server are the same as
usual.
In each case the jpegs are now named 0x.jpg to 9x.jpg
(except for cym, who uses arbitrarily frame 8. your jpg is named pw.jpg)
the html interface will be available tomorrow, linked from 1904.cc/aether
participants should announce on the list which frame they want to use.
for maxers: use the latest patch: http://1904.cc/kode/upload_107.zip (22 k)
or, if the new javaobjects aren't working, use this simplified version
(without visual feedback; you'll visualise through the html interface) -
http://1904.cc/kode/upload_109.zip (18 k)
---
boris
ps: i will gladly use frame no. 7!
[aether] brussels performance report
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hello all,
we just opened the gallery this morning in brussels for the last day of
the exhibit here.
i write now a little performance report
/////
1. Mother Nature
we where about ready (one hour before the performance)
when mother nature invited herself
it started to rain and rain and rain
and all at once, water filtered through the roof
of the large performance hall
and poured in buckets on our command table
we ran to unplug the curent and move tables in the dark
to protect the computers and cameras and stuff
the sound was ear-crushing: torrential rain
in 5 minutes, there was 5 cm of water everywhere
and we where soaked... and sort of annoyed...
so we rushed to transfer everything from the big hall to the
smaller exhibit hall
while the lady-gallerist was calling the fire department
/////
2. Action
quite stessfull we managed to be not too late for the beginning
and the performance started in front of about 30 people (that where
brave enough to come in spite of the exceptional storm)
some more walked in during the show
they where welcomed with champagne and other drinks
Deirdre told the tale in a baroque white dress colored by the projection
rays
Chloe mixed discreet sounds & music
Boris told his story sitting in front of the audience on a desk while
trying to film his part of the tale.
Manuel managed the projected images and chated on the skype conference
/////
3. Audience reaction
some people where quite confused, but most of them liked it to put it
simply and shortly.
///////
4. Debriefing
it was hard to be fully concentrate under these climatic conditions -
but it was exciting...
- as there was no actual stage anymore, Deirdre found it extremely
difficult to properly perform her craft, storytelling. she also feels
frustration that we didn't have enough time to prepare a more refined
"mise en scene" between her and Boris.
- Manuel was trying to give cues according to Deirdre's words, and
obviously it was going much too quick for the remote performers (& for
manuel also who had to solve some techicalities...) - it was a BIG
mistake to do so. we apologize for that. a better thing would be for the
performers to switch between acts every 3 minutes for instance - like
that everything would be co-ordinated whitout questions...
it is a shame really that the performers weren't able to display their
work in a calm manner with sufficient time to do so. this will not
happen again.
- Boris is basically satisfied of the opportunity to read loud his
speech (adapted for the circumstance...).
--
pictures & movies will come soon on the aether website.
and check cristiaan site: http://zurcnaaitsirhc.blogspot.com/
--
à bientôt,
Boris