boDig09 @ CDA / Enghien-les-Bains & Istanbul

boDig09 in France and Istanbul

Centre des Arts / Enghien-les-Bains kindly invited boDig within the frame of the Cultural Season of Turkey in France to present an exhibition (2 Oct 2009 - 4 Jan 2010), stage performances, workshops and public meetings.

boDig also presented stage performances & workshops in Istanbul between 20-28 October 2009.

for more info please visit: http://bodig09.blogspot.com/

boDig @ 4ème Bains Numériques

Aylin Kalem, the director of boDig association was invited as the jury member of the international performance competition of the 4th Bains Numériques Festival.
Cie Adrien M. won the prize.

For more info: http://www.bainsnumeriques.fr/pdf/2009/dpcompetitionbainsnumeriques.pdf

A panel on the International map of digital arts took place on the 11th of June at 10:00 at Escales Affaires Auditorium:
Map and presentation: Philippe Baudelot (consultant, RAN/ DigitalPerformanceCulture - France)
Speakers: Aylin Kalem (artistic director, bodig festival –Istanbul, Turkey); Philippe Franck (director, RAN/Transcultures- Mons, Belgium); Patrice Bonnaffé (director, Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes - France); Véronique Flageollet-Casassus (director in charge of cultural affairs, Conseil Général du Val d'Oise)

http://www.bainsnumeriques.fr/

boDig invited Cie Mulleras

boDig invited Cie Mulleras in collaboration with The French Cultural Centre -Istanbul and Kurye Festival to perform "Traces - 96 Détails" at Talimhane Theatre on the 10th of June at 20:00.

“96 DETAILS” is a creative trip designed from 2006 to 2009 by Compagnie MULLERAS, one of the first artists which enabled the setting in visibility of Dance on the Internet network, directed by Magali Viguier-Mulleras (choreographer), Didier Mulleras (choreographer, musician), and Nicolas Grimal (film & multimedia), the artistic team which have already created past projects “mini@tures” and “INVISIBLE”.

From web creations, launched on www.mulleras.com, to stage and screens works, Compagnie Mulleras keeps on experimenting new paths and links between Dance, Film and Multimedia, thus continuing to invest the new artistic workspaces offered by new Technologies.

The long-term project “96 details” proposes a fusion and interaction of distinct universes (dance, music, video, interactive and multimedia works.

For more info on cie mulleras please visit: http://www.mulleras.com/

boDig @ 8ème Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Carthage - Tunis

boDig participated to the 8ème Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Carthage with a stage performance (The Knot Theory), with a residency / work-in-progress (Taksim Müşterek), to the discussion session of the Anti-Conference designed by Armando Menicacci and to a Network Meeting organized by Philippe Baudelot.

For info please visit: http://www.printemps-danse.planet.tn/

THE KNOT THEORY

The Knot Theory is performed on the 3rd of May at 19:00 in Ibn Rachiq Theatre (Tunis)

Knot: Is it a problem that needs to be solved? Or a connector that binds the torn? Can it be both?The only way to bind what only seems bonded in the surface is to cut even deeper. While “The Knot Theory” analyzes the surface and below the surface sides of incidents and relations, it is affected by the mathematical theory of Koningsberg’s Seven Bridges, a surgery, absurd theater, and the probabilities that interactive technologies create. When communication webs that consist of disconnected pieces are connected in different ways can they cause variant outcomes? “The Knot Theory” is a search with body language that goes deep in a well of possibilities.

This work has been developed at Absent Interfaces Lab in Tanzquartier Wien (Austria), artist residency at L’animal a l’esquena (Spain) and rehearsals at Performing Arts Track at Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkiye). It has been performed at garajistanbul during boDig 08 Festival, and partially at Pixelist Festival.

Credits:
Concept and Choreography: Beliz Demircioğlu Cihandide (with Güneş Çağlar)
Dramaturgy: Aylin Kalem
Sound & Interaction Design: Selçuk Artut
Interaction Design Control: Ahmet Güzererler
Surgery: Ercan Cihandide, M.D. and his team
Production: boDig

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TAKSİM MÜŞTEREK

Taksim Müşterek was in residency at 8ème Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Carthage - Tunis.

A work-in-progress presentation took place on the 8th of May at the Théâtre Municipal in Tunis.

Credits:

Concept and dance: Berrak Yedek
Ney performer: Burak Yedek

Interactive technologies: Armando Menicacci
Co-production: boDig

The work has been developed in residency at the Performing Arts Track of Istanbul Bilgi University.

For more info about the performance please visit: http://www.taksimmusterek.com/

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ANTI-CONFERENCE

boDig was invited to the anti-conference designed by Armando Menicacci on the 4th of May at Centre Culturel El Menzah.

Some of the participants were Marlon Barrios-Solano, Jaime del Val, Philippe Franck, Ivani Santana, Mark Coniglio...

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NETWORK MEETING

boDig was invited to the network meeting designed by Philippe Baudelot on the 6th of May.

boDig @ Pixelist: Electronic Arts & Subcultures Festival

boDig participated to the Pixelist Festival organized by BILGI-VCD & Pixelache with a workshop and a performance extract.
29 April, 16:00-20:00, santralistanbul E4-302

Workshop: Interactive Play with Movement

This is a movement workshop realized with specially written codes using MaxMSP/Jitter software. It is a design for perception suggestive of the redefinition of time and space. Based on the relations of the physical body with its processed images, the workshop is triggering improvisation and creativity by re-positioning the parameters of space, and transfers virtual movement to actual environment.

An interactive dance performance: The Knot Theory (an extract)

Knot: Is it a problem that needs to be solved? Or a connector that binds the torn? Can it be both?The only way to bind what only seems bonded in the surface is to cut even deeper. While “The Knot Theory” analyzes the surface and below the surface sides of incidents and relations, it is affected by the mathematical theory of Koningsberg’s Seven Bridges, a surgery, absurd theater, and the probabilities that interactive technologies create. When communication webs that consist of disconnected pieces are connected in different ways can they cause variant outcomes? “The Knot Theory” is a search with body language that goes deep in a well of possibilities.

This work has been developed at Absent Interfaces Lab in Tanzquartier Wien (Austria), artist residency at L’animal a l’esquena (Spain) and rehearsals at Performing Arts Track at Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkiye). It has been performed at garajistanbul during boDig 08 Festival and will be performed in May the 3rd 2009 at “Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Carthage” Tunis.

Credits:
Concept and Choreography: Beliz Demircioglu Cihandide (with Gunes Caglar)
Dramaturgy: Aylin Kalem
Sound & Interaction Design: Selcuk Artut
Interaction Design Control: Ahmet Guzererler
Surgery: Ercan Cihandide, M.D. and his team
Production: boDig

For more info: http://www.pixelist.cc/

Human Gait Project

Armando Menicacci, the director of Mediadanse/Univ. Paris 8 is leading a research project called “Human Gait” in collaboration with Aylin Kalem / boDig (Istanbul) and the Performing Arts Track of Istanbul Bilgi University.

To understand the walking parametres is essential for many reasons. In this project, we want to analyse the relative acceleration and deceleration of head-chest-pelvis. With the use of accelerometers, the project is about collecting this data that will be analysed with statistical factor approaches and plotted to verify the hypothesis of existence of few families and groups of walking styles.

50 dancers and non-dancers in Istanbul participated as test subjects on the 15th and 16th of April 2009 at E4-302 in santralistanbul.

Light Travels Through My Body / workshop for children @ santralistanbul

“Light travels through my body” is a movement workshop for children (7-12) based on specially written codes using MaxMSP Jitter software. It is a design for perception suggestive of the redefinition of time and space.

Based on the relations of the physical body with its processed images on the projection, this workshop triggers creativity through improvisation, by re-positioning the parameters of space, and transmits virtual movement to actual environment.

The workshop is led by Beliz Demircioğlu Cihandide & Aylin Kalem in March 2009 at santralistanbul.