thoughts on Sferic for Radiauteur

radio is 3rd external impetus/agency .... control v. lack of control
element of uncertainty --> probabilistic
control, demands performer attention
absent agent
attempts to choreograph control
embodied objectified uncertainty
observed v. compelled (foucault)
radio brings in outside information --> suggestive of state control, manipulation, agency
origins of information unknown -- connecting performance space to spaces far away, spaces close by, spaces unknown
practice element -->can you ever abdicate control over the body
initiations
resolutions
mini phenomena
performing absence, quiet, meditation
watching v. initiation
body response
there is no time
surrender of mind into movement

Input Output --- transfer of energy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7mlPXImxzE&feature=related

The relation between the two performers is interesting especially in the first 30 seconds or so... less interesting once they go into dance 'vocabulary' and physical stay connected. The distance is interesting. Watching energy and intent transferred over distance.

Shannon Entropy and Information Theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematical_Theory_of_Communication

Sferic round 2

Some thoughts on restaging Sferic:

-performing absence
-layers of performance
-staging awareness
-proximity
-distance
-state of mind--meditative, focus
-the upward space, backbends, looking upward
-the floor, falling
-simplicity of scoring allows for interactions and heightened awareness

Sferic Sounds from NASA!

so cool!: http://spaceweather.com/glossary/inspire.html
"Earth Song," a NASA article about where the sounds come from: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast19jan_1/

Text

raw material: http://www.forte.lanl.gov/science/publications/2001/Heavner_2001_1_Leader.pdf

costuming ideas

K: fugitive, browns, dark greens, torn, maybe even army surplus

N: white/off-white, would love to have writing on the sleeves, maybe combination of symbols

just sketchings...