Hi Andrea,
This is wonderful!
Thanks for helping me with my quest.
Cheers,
Lisa
On Thu, 14 May 2009 21:49:45 -0400
Andrea Kantrowitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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'
> >
> >
> > '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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > Lisa Roberts
> >
> > www.lisaroberts.com.au
> > www.antarcticanimation.com
> >
> > Post:-
> > Suite 326,
> > 353 King Street
> > Newtown, NSW, 2042
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