Current design research projects include:
Other collaborations include:
- Designing a City for Dancing - an interdisciplinary project between dance, architecture, technology and interaction design to activate a city with dancing bodies.
- Integrating a Somatic Approach in User Experience Design of Wearable Technologies (with Thecla Schiphorst) - funded by the International Program Development Fund, University of Sydney, 2015.
- Sustainable Bodies (with Thecla Schiphorst, Frank Feltham, Oliver Bown, Dagmar Reinhardt and Emmanuel Stamatakis) - creative strategies for physical health activities in public and private space. Seed funding from PLANET and the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney 2014.
- Complex Bodies and Distributed Choreographies (with Dagmar Reinhardt) – a cross-disciplinary exploration of interactive kinetic structures and choreography of computationally enhanced spatial environments.
Other collaborations include:
- The Conductors, a group of artists producing hybrid works combining dance, film and installation. Recent projects include A Carriage(Work), Expanded Architecture 2011 and Nullaqaeria, SEAM 2013. Collaborators: Tom Rivard, Michael Lewarne, Paul Warren, Linda Luke, Francesca Veronesi.
- Thinking Through The Body, exploring aesthetic experience, interactive art and somatic bodywork. ArtLab 2008/2009. Led by Dr George Khut and Dr Lizzie Muller (UTS). http://thinkingthroughthebody.net
PROJECTS
Designing a City for Dancing
Engage the city and its citizens in the proposal to design a city for dancing.
An interdisciplinary project between dance, architecture, technology and interaction design with the goal of activating a city with dancing bodies.
Commencing 2015.
Collaborators: Lian Loke, Sam Spurr
First venture: First year undergraduate Design Thinking students were given a design challenge of Designing a Campus for Dancing, 2015.
An interdisciplinary project between dance, architecture, technology and interaction design with the goal of activating a city with dancing bodies.
Commencing 2015.
Collaborators: Lian Loke, Sam Spurr
First venture: First year undergraduate Design Thinking students were given a design challenge of Designing a Campus for Dancing, 2015.
My Mind Y/Our Body
My Mind Y/Our Body investigates the choreographic possibilities of brainwave sensors and electric muscle stimulation technologies.
Collaborator: Michaela Davies
Supported by Critical Path Choreographic Research Centre and the Design Lab, 2012
Collaborator: Michaela Davies
Supported by Critical Path Choreographic Research Centre and the Design Lab, 2012
The Urban Disorders Clinic
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Urban Realities Landscape Urbanism 3 Day Design Challenge, Melbourne Docklands 2011
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Spontaneous Animals
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The Trans-Species Embodiment project explores embodiment of animal species through a range of approaches drawn from eastern and western movement and healing practices. The emphasis is on transforming our perceptions and experience of ourselves and our environment through the taking on of animal embodiment. And in turn, discovering commonalities and differences between human and other species. The methods employed in this project allow us to re-imagine our relationship with other species and develop a sense of kinship beyond the normal domestication of animals.
Spontaneous Animals is exploring the Taoist practice of Five Animals Play Spontaneous Qigong. Five Animals Play is traditionally a healing practice. Through a specific energy flow induction, the practitioner experiences unique breathing and movement patterns said to be characteristic of the 5 animals – the Tiger, the Monkey, the Crane, the Deer and the Bear. It is a collaboration with Bronwyn Turnbull and Felicity Wheeler, both dancers trained in alternative healing modalities. We are interested in the performance possibilities and how the spontaneous movements are related to the Chinese system of energy meridians. Performance night and Incubator Residency, Kiss Club, The Clubhouse Performance Space, February 2010, curated by Karen Therese. It is somewhat challenging to present this form in a performance context. The experimental mandate of Kiss Club and the Incubator residency provided a very supportive environment within which to explore and develop the performance possibilities of this work. The work was performed again at Xplore Festival, Critical Path, April 2011. In 2013, Felicity and Lian began exploring methods for mapping the movement and energy meridians. For documentation http://5animalsmapping.wordpress.com/ |