January 31, 2006

Marlon Barrios-Solano on Interactive Technology for Dancers

Yesterday, I interviewed Marlon Barrios-Solano, a dancer and new media artist, about his upcoming seminar program, "Interactive Technology for Dancers," which will be taking place in New York City on March 27th, April 3rd and April 10th (view seminar details). This extended interview with Marlon provides an introduction to the software and technology that is used to create responsive dance environments where the movements of dancers trigger real-time effects in the form of videos, animations, sound and lighting.

Click here to listen to audio interview (MP3 format - 15.19 MB - 32:25 Minutes)

Background

Marlon Barrios-Solano is a Venezuelan dancer, new media artist, teacher and researcher. He has been based in the US since 1994. He works at the intersection of improvisational dance and real-time multimedia technology. In 2004, Marlon received his masters of fine arts from the dance and technology department at Ohio State University. And he is an artist in residence at Amsterdam-based STEIM, which helps artists to develop technologies required for performances.

Seminar Program in New York City

"Interactive Technology for Dancers"

Class: Mon, March 27, April 3, 10, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Class cost: $325 (members) $385 (non-members)

Using Max/MSP/Jitter, this workshop is geared to expose dance artists and performers to digital real-time processing and its application and issues for the creation of performance and installation environments. A hands-on workshop to get participants familiar with the Jitter object system, subjects such as real-time video playback, signal-processing for video, live camera tracking, audio-visual interaction, and the use of wireless game controllers as an alternative interface will be explored. Participants are expected to have basic experience with digital video processing.

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