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Body Crysis/身體災變
Presented by Centre for Projection Art
“Body Crysis/身體災變” is a choreographic work with (re)animated bodies, stretching the bounds of our newfound digital corporeality. It transmutes dance, motion capture and CG animation into a simultaneous, shared performance between Newport and Taipei, in the flesh and online. Long-time collaborators Harrison Hall and Sam Mcgilp have teamed up with NAXS FUTURE, a Taipei-based media art collective to present a hybrid live/digital dance work of impossible choreography, biomimicry and techno-morphology. Performed simultaneously at The Substation and online, “Body Crysis/身體災變” is the culmination of two years of experiments in motion capture and digital choreography by two artists who are fast gaining a reputation for their visionary approach to genre-fluid performance. “Body Crysis/身體災變” is decentralised and untethered. Recordings of the hybrid performance and digital dance work will be exhibited as a screening at Composite Moving Image Agency and Media Bank.
These experiments in film will also satellite showcase at Bunjil Place and Metro Arts in Meajin (Brisbane).
Credits
Lead Artists: Harrison Hall, Sam Mcgilp, NAXS FUTURE
Creative and Art Director: Han Yu-Feng
Project Manager: Chun-Ting Chen
Scene Design, Player Character Design and Web UI Design: Eg.lio
System & Interactive Development: KP Wong & YJ Huang
Technical Art: Wei Huang
Sound Design and Live Performance: Prairie WWWW
Performers and Collaborators: Cody Lavery, Imanuel Dado, Samuel Harnett-Welk
Lead Avatar Design: Luca Dante
Lighting Design: Jenny Hector
Set Design: Lotus Hall
Costume: Sez Brez
Producers: Erin Milne and Xavier O’Shannessy
Image credit: “Documentation of Body Crysis/身體災變” (2022), Harrison Hall and Sam Mcgilp. Photo courtesy of the artists.
View Artist Biographies
Harrison Hall’s work situates contemporary performance and dance in experiential art environments. Harrison’s recent work traverses states of flux between the digital and physical realms. His works have been presented nationally and internationally.
Sam Mcgilp is a media artist and researcher working in contemporary performance contexts. He seeks to create digital states of play that foreground somatic and performative knowledge in digital work. His PhD research with Chambermade and RMIT was awarded the Vice-chancellor’s Phd Scholarship and the emerging scholar award.
Partners
Body-Cites is generously supported by Creative Victoria.