2008

96dpi

visualizing theory

a diagram of structuralist/post-structuralist routes to ‘meaning’:

languisity

“it’s not something i prefer to discuss, but i knew i...”
—  bryan bennet, 2nd, rock paper...

behind the times

sheila sent me details of janet lansdale’s forthcoming book: «decentring dancing texts: the...

mutoscope

kyle webster via swissmiss

seri*

via

simon sent me a link to zotero, a mozilla firefox referencing extension/system. after using it for...

reynolds number

most artists/students have a limited understanding of choreographic principles. this lack of...

peakoverload

building blocks

how many compositional devices can you name, explain and utilise? do you consider them...

dissertation 101

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quadratiges

grey male

post-structuralist dance

doug fox asked me for examples of post-structuralist dance. but few artists make post-structuralist...

transmission

audiences are not passive. an experienced performer will acknowledge (in some manner) the audience....

katcolorado

dismayed of dulwich

dear dance company/choreographer i find your dvd’s a little lacking, the ‘special...

laurent ziegler

“The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one...”
—  «funny metaphors used in high...

david parks

how do you get to carnegie hall

i first saw «shute» (1972) when leaning tuning scores with lisa nelson. i practice...

open the bruise up

last week i saw a ‘choreography’ that seemed to be a collection of references. between...

watermotor for dancer and camera

una knipsolina

horology

i’ve spent a few weeks listening to «different trains» (1988) and «vermont counterpoint»...

szmolkazol

“Effective communication depends on a shared body of...”
—  exformation (via kottke)....

Ishmael

m.goreng

nondeclarative

core: claim - terms & lineage padding: evidence - conflicts - gaps application: alternate...

speedtrials

“I hold [expert village] responsible for perpetuating the...”
—  i don’t think malena...

interrupt

quodlibet will return on friday (25th july)

“Outside of dance world, nobody has a clue what an embodied...”
—  a comment from doug, in...

insideman

post positivist and no problems

i’ve been thinking about a list of unsolved problems in ‘dance’. but so much of...

.az

liters per minute

further thoughts on student log-books/documentation: i would like (expect) 450 words of critical...

los alamos national laboratory

matriculating mannequins

recently, a debate on ‘core texts’ started at an old workplace. the intention was to...

mollusk

sagittaria trifolia

szymon mów

Perhaps it is part and parcel of blogging that each new post does not necessarily bear a close...

zzj

andy tanguay

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hear see

getting jiggy with matt

olya ivanova

jury not judge

zadie smith via kottke & frontal cortex: The secret to editing your work is simple: you...

jan jelinek studio via iso50

tether

doug fox responded to the post/link «scholarly and artistic»: […] choreographers/dancers who...

hiroyuki sanada in «sunshine»

asterism

a long quote (for me) but perhaps more useful than ‘showing’ the source image/text:...

bubustudio

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letting go

sometimes you won’t ‘get’ an artwork, not even when someone explains the concept,...

the flowfield unity

failure is an outcome

k ebato

Interference pattern

a while back lottie blogged/asked about a video on youtube called «time displacement experimental»....

redistribution of grades

take h

fjord

asking students to reflect on their artistic/creative process can result in a sudden derailment....

geoff pironti

scholarly and artistic

sheila gave paper at the drfi conference 2008 on ‘new wave’ dance...

sketching reflective skills

attention what (feature/s) interest you? connection to the project (theory / practice) to...

bundesphotograph

copy paste errors

sonorous sotto

there is a tension between developing and maintaining your practice. we tend to stick with what...

artpunk - federation bells

degrees of equality

“How many blogs would a weblog blog if a weblog could blog...”
— vimrod

ae$thetic

bloom and pig

the sounDs of the bUgle were out of my Control, tHough without my hAving Made the effort they...

greater than

“Once you learn the difference between what your eyes see and...”
— tyler riewer via tumblr...

balakov

suggesting with style

the ‘reading list suggestions’ at media arts & dance reminded me that we need to be...

access interrupted

quodlibet will be back on sunday.

antnee

subetha

business often use arts/creative philosophy to improve productivity. the application of business...

oneredduck

memetic

hdc190 75x demo

seeing technique

isospectral manifolds are drums that sound the same, i.e., have the same eigenfrequency spectrum. -...

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slist

david struck a chord: […] their performances were structured like a set for a band, where...

memetic

lazy ref

when i’m in a library/bookshop and come across something i like out comes the mobile. i take...

alexedg

encircle and lasso

i don’t always approach research directly, meandering can other routes/results. the important...

ict in uk he

kygp

at the edge of poiesis

i have no muse, nor maladie, my inspiration is not form(ulaic). when content with content, context...

fetie

in praise of vanilla

an afternoon in the sun with simple things: bench, book, beer(s) and balti. life does not have to...

ieve

“wet and dark, i wait the water moves me”
— vangeline: «bones and»

lauren {elycerose}

deci-doldrums

slow dance with oscillations

aeric meredith-goujon

mini meta

this is a message to the tumblrs i just followed, and un-followed. i prefer to read your blogs in a...

fakanau fakaseasea fatele

pensive volcano

“in the cloudburst paying no heed… sleeves of the...”
— issa

jr

jr actions in london

t ima

tacit approval

frankly the whole ‘post choreographic’ issue is rather tedious. but i feel that my...

facilitation fallacies

johannes respond to my questioning of how (performance) technologies facilitate the ‘post...

london dance international 2008

uncommon knowledge

the ‘post choreographic’ discussion has highlighted how poorly improvisation (improv)...

vera

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with-

post choreographic variations

in early may, olu added to the ‘post choreographic’ by outlining some specific movement...

kiri :d

distributed discourse

over at the «media arts and dance» list douglas rosenberg said: […] the...

bravusman ®

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collecting dance

[…] Andy Warhol’s works for example, are accompanied by a Romanian icon, Roy...

lenaah

trabant

my sojourn in berlin is coming to an end. quodlibet will resume (regular posting) tomorrow. auf...

zwieciu

malted malapropism

m: cool!
s: what?
m: new feature ... you can link to audio files now
s: what happened before
m: they were toasted by humblr
s: lol
m: hosted
s: more beer?

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kunst und bewegung

greeting from berlin, i’m taking in the biennale, bars and (perhaps) a little...

rc paganelli

one score and ten

no crisis here, many things explored and many more to come. quodlibet will be intermittent for...

minamitane

prickly pear

b-boy potemkin

sotnik schultz goes into battle tonight with the red army. we believe the ‘β+ decay’...

white cliffs of over

‘bring to a close’, ‘stop’, or ‘finish’. there are many options...

benrouf

“ A smile fell in the grass. Irretrievable! And how will...”
— sylvia plath «the night...

dalobeee

sobria ebrietas

elusive

contrary to comparisons

when working with group improvisations , i encourage students to ask ‘does the work need...

speedtrials

danciti

happenstance

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