CCL @ retune.14

Call for application for the next Choreographic Coding Lab
Berlin, September 22nd-26th, 2014

Are you an artist working creatively with code and digital media with an interest in movement? Then come join us for the next Choreographic Coding Lab at Uferstudios in Berlin from September 22nd – 26th. Motion Bank and NODE Forum for Digital Arts are inviting you to apply for a week-long gathering of movement hackers and dance practitioners who will be discussing and working on projects, ideas and challenges in a peer-to-peer setting. The Lab will start before and run into the retune.14 conference (September 26th – 28th) and will be kindly hosted by Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT).

Choreographic Coding Labs (CCL) offer unique opportunities of exchange and collaboration for digital media ‘code savvy’ artists who have an interest in translating aspects of choreography and dance into digital form and applying choreographic thinking to their own practice. Working with patterns, structures and movement through finding, generating and applying them with results ranging from prototypes for artworks to new software for working with dance related datasets. CCLs also seek to initiate a sustainable collaborative practice among its participants encouraging ongoing exchange in an artistic research community of individuals.

Background

CCLs are an outcome of Motion Bank, a four-year research project of The Forsythe Company focused on the creation of digital dance scores with guest choreographers. This research involved the study, documentation and analysis of unique choreographic approaches, and the datasets and tools used behind the development of the Motion Bank scores will be made available for the CCLs which are curated in collaboration with NODE Forum as a high-level, intensive environment that maximizes interaction and exchange over a period of five days.

CCL at retune.14 conference

The upcoming CCL is supported by retune.14 taking place from September 26nd till 28th. For the third time, the conference brings together artists, designers, technologists as well as researchers and scientists to inspire interdisciplinary thinking and making. This annual gathering of international creative minds seeks to explore, shape, and critically question the future of living, working, and expressing with technology.
The CCL will end with a round-up of results and discussion open to the public in the framework of retune conference.

Details & Application

The week will be enriched by lightning talks by members of the Motion Bank research team and network aimed to inspire and provoke participants with new perspectives and experiences. There is no fee for participation, but applicants are asked to propose starting points and ideas. The space and basic equipment will be provided. Collaborative teams involving choreographers/dancers interested in the Motion Bank research approach are very much encouraged to apply.

Apply on: choreographiccoding.org

For documentation of previous events see:

Choreographic Coding Panel @ Resonate, Belgrade
Motion Bank CCL Report
Create Digital Motion

Choreographic Coding Labs are a collaborative project by NODE Forum and Motion Bank.

For this edition we have to thank Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT) and retune conference for their collaboration and generous support.

(Photos by Jeanne C. Vogt, featuring the participants of the last CCL in November 2013)

NODE @ Motion Bank Lab “Choreographic Coding”
November 26th – 29th, 2013
Z Zentrum, Frankfurt, Germany

The ‘Choreographic Coding’ lab is organized cooperatively by NODE and Motion Bank and focuses on translating aspects of dance and choreography into digital form. It is organised as a lab for ‘code savvy’ practitioners with expertise in digital media who have an interest in exploring and finding synergies with the language of choreography.

During the lab, the Motion Bank dataset on choreographies by reknown artist, which was collected and produced in the last two years, will be made available. There is no fee, but applicants are asked to propose their own starting points and ideas.

Possible starting points are meaningful pattern searching, making invisible structures visible and movement notation. Results could range from prototypes for artworks to new plug-ins for working with the Motion Bank dataset. Each day will end with a round up of results and discussion open to the public.

Motion Bank Workshop at NODE13, Photo: Jessica Schäfer

Participants will need to bring any equipment (hardware/ software) they require. Teams (2 or more people) combining different skill sets including dance and choreography are invited to apply.

Download the application form here. Deadline for applications is 1 November 2013. However, places are limited so we advise sending your starting ideas in as soon as possible.

The following artists and creative coders will be present and open for critical exchange:
Cedric Kiefer & Christian Loclair onformative, Zach Liebermann thesystemis, Andreas Müller Nanika, Sebastian Huber & Johannes Timpernagel schnellebuntebilder.de, Marko Ritter & Maik Dahte intolight.de, David Brüll NODE Forum for Digital Arts, MESO, Johannes Helberger & Felipe Sanchez klingklangklong.com

Programing languages in use: Processing, OpenFrameworks, VVVV.

Lab Coordinator: Jeanne Vogt motionbank@theforsythecompany.de (also your contact for questions and more information).

The lab overlaps with Live & OnLine, a Motion Bank event celebrating and releasing results from the last four years of research.

For further info check:
http://motionbank.org/en/event/motion-bank-laboratory

'No Time To Fly' adaption by Amin Weber (Screenshot)

In this second half of 2013, we are focusing on deepening our connections to the international media arts scene and open the floor for new networking opportunities between international artists and creative coders. Visit us at one of the upcoming events at festivals and venues of our network:

NODE @ B3 Biennale für Bewegtes Bild, Frankfurt
October 30th-31st, 2013
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt

NODE is a cooperation partner of B3 Biennale, Frankfurt, and is presenting a vvvv workshop that is approaching and exclusively making use of the Motion Bank motion capture material that will be published at the Motion Bank Live & OnLine event by the end of November.

During the NODE workshop the participants will make use of the data available on the solo piece “No Time To Fly” by Deborah Hay. The adaption of the piece by artist Amin Weber is a powerful example of the synergy being produced by the fusion of code and dance.

http://b3biennale.de/de/schedule?type=workshop#event_overlay_100

»vvvv Workshop – Von Echtzeitgrafik und expanded choreography« mit David Brüll und Woeishi Lean
For application sign in here.

NODE @ LPM – Live Performers Meeting CAPE TOWN
November 13th – 16th, 2013
Cape Town, South Africa

International exchange with our network partner LPM: For LPM Cape Town, NODE will be curating a workshop adressing the AV performer scene.
We will invite Joreg, core developer of vvvv and curator of the NODE13 workshop series, for a vvvv workshop. Join him in Cape Town!

http://2013za.liveperformersmeeting.net/

NODE @ Motion Bank Lab “Choreographic Coding”
November 26th – 29th, 2013
Frankfurt Lab, Germany

The ‘Choreographic Coding’ lab focuses on translating aspects of dance and choreography into digital form, one of the main goals of Motion Bank.
NODE will invite a range of artists to support and function as mentors for the lab participants. More Information soon here and…

… on application requirements on:
http://motionbank.org/en/event/motion-bank-laboratory

NODE @ TADAEX (3rd Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition)
October 4th – 16th, 2013
Mohsen Gallery, Tehran

http://www.tadaex.com/2013/

NODE has been invited by the Goethe Institute in Tehran to join TADAEX, an exhibition and promoter of digital and media arts in Iran, that is inviting international platforms of the digital art scene such as the NODE Forum for Digital Arts to join and get in exchange with the local arts scene.

<…TADAEX focuses on art, science, technology and society to present the impact of art as a research and development tool for humanity in a variety of different disciplines. We believe that TADAEX can help to create a serious motivation for the young generation of artists in Iran to understand the influence of digital art movement.>

David Brüll, festival director and creative coder himself, will be presenting NODE, our goals and ideas as a platform for artists and other creative coders, and invite the local artist scene to join the NODE network. David is also an Open Call jury member.  Additionally, a three-day vvvv beginner’s workshop will be held by Florian Egermann and David Brüll. The workshop will be followed by a showcase of the created output.

Date: October 04th – 16th, 2013
Location: Mohsen Art Gallery
No. 42, East Mina Blvd, Farzan Street, Naji Street
Zafar Tehran, Iran

vvvv introduction Workshop: October 5th – 7th
NODE presentation <bottom up coded cultures>: October 8th

vvvv workshop @ Retune Conference 2013 Berlin
September 27th, 2013

Find more Info on the workshop here: http://vvvv.org/blog/vvvv-workshop-retune-conference-2013-berlin

Date: Friday, September 27th, 2013 / 11:00 – 16:00
Location: The WYE, Skalitzer Straße 86, Berlin, Germany
Register here!
http://retune.de/2013/