3over9 (work-in-progress)
Digital
Projections and programming: Simon Biggs
Sound and BigEye: Stuart Jones
Choreography: Sarah Rubidge
Performers: Sue Hawksley, Claire Luiten, Luca Sylvestrini
Developed during Digital Dancing research lab at Riverside Studios, London, November 1997
3over9 was the result of a two week research investigation conducted by Simon Biggs, Stuart Jones and Sarah Rubidge. One of the central aims of the research was to explore the possibilities, and difficulties, afforded by the establishment of a three-way dialogue between three independently interactive systems, one controlling visual images, one controlling sound and one providing the framework for a choreographic event. Each system operated under its own set of 'rules for behaviour'.
The performance space was bounded by a large screen upon which the digital imagery playes. The space itself was electronically sensitised, and the sound controlled, by BigEye. The visual images were controlled by a programme written in Director. The movement of the performers in the space were tracked by BigEye, and activated a synchronous dialogue between performers, sound and images. The performance was executed within the confines of a structured improvisation (the choreographic interactive 'system'), which comprised a set of rules generated through an active dialogue with the visual and sonic interactive system.
The research undertaken for 3over9 led directly to the development of Halo and Halo in Performance