Hi Lisa
Thanks so much for your response. I went to your website, which I found
really engaging and even haunting. I'm wondering if you are familiar with
Dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, in particular, a computer animation that
your work strongly brought to my mind. I saw it at Lincoln Center in New
York, not sure how you could get access to it but I think it is extremely
relevant to your work, specifically the relationship between drawing, dance,
time and gesture. Its subject matter is very different-specific to the
African American experience-- but the visual language bears an interesting
parallel to your own
Here you can see still images:
http://www.cooper.edu/art/ghostcatching/
here's a quicktime video:
http://www.openendedgroup.com/index.php/artworks/ghostcatching/
Best,
Andrea
On 5/14/09 6:22 PM, "Lisa Roberts" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It is validating to read Andrea's insights into her arts based
> research.
>
> Improvising within structures, scores, or frameworks, is at the heart of
> my research, Antarctic Animation: www.antarcticanimation.com
>
>
> These lines from Andrea's essay particularly resonate with my experience
> as an animator exploring ways to describe Antarctica.
>
>
> 'My aim was to create a set of limits within which I had the
> possibility for infinite exploration and increasing complexity.'
>
> '...limiting myself to the simplest tools'
>
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> 'The strict limits I had imposed upon myself had liberated me.'
>
> I am researching ways to engage viewers kinesthetically to the state of
> heightened awareness that some people, including myself, have
> experienced in Antarctica. I am drawing on this sense through
> improvised gesture to connect us with objective evidence of global
> warming.
>
> As a naturally elemental environment, it is not surprising to
> experience what Andrea experiences through her drawing
> practice:
>
> '...a state of heightened consciousness'
>
> For me, going to Antarctica
>
> '...renewed my faith in the larger project of art-making.'
>
> Andrea also affirms the value to conversation to illuminate
> what we do.
>
> This forum offers excellent opportunities for these to occur.
>
> I am a regular listener! Thank you.
>
> I research and present my animations on-line.
> I invite you to comment:
>
> http://www.antarcticanimation.com/content/wordpress/?p=881
>
>
> Thank you for your insights Andrea.
>
> Your article made perfect sense to me.
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> Lisa Roberts
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> www.antarcticanimation.com
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