Marloeke  van  der  Vlugt

CUNNINGHAM'S ANTIC MEET
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR MARLOEKE VD VLUGT


ANTIC ME

UK | 1964 | 28′ DIRECTOR ARNE ARNBOM CHOREOGRAPHER MERCE CUNNINGHAM MUSIC JOHN CAGE Merce Cunningham’s Antic Meet put to the test prevailing ideas about modern dance, with striking and defining roles for Robert Rauschenberg’s iconic costumes and the music of John Cage.

Theatre maker, artist and researcher Marloeke van der Vlugt was inspired by Cunningham’s 1958 choreography to make her installation CHAIR_JUMP_CHUTE.



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2016 - 03





The artist discusses how her installations come about in her recent book Performance as Interface | Interface as Performance. Zeynep Gündüz’s conversation with her will cover subjects explored in the book and Arne Arnbom’s unique 1964 film recording of Antic Meet.
See and experience CHAIR_JUMP_CHUTE throughout the festival in EYE’s Arena hall.


Photography by Hanne Nijhuis t




PPI 4-6 Cylinder_RollingStairs_Seesaw

Tek Tok late night  #7



The PPI’s 4-6 evoke bodily awareness, ‘corporal literacy’, which can be diagnosed and personalised by the ‘performer’. The interaction emphasizes the natural functionality of our bodies, like standing up, climbing, stretching and balancing, questioning ‘regular’ human computer interaction. All objects aim to be silenced by the performer(s), as I take silence as the ideal state-of-mind to focus on the embodied self.

The PPI’s 4-6 evoke bodily awareness, ‘corporal literacy’, which can be diagnosed and personalised by the ‘performer’. The interaction emphasizes the natural functionality of our bodies, like standing up, climbing, stretching and balancing, questioning ‘regular’ human computer interaction. All objects aim to be silenced by the performer(s), as I take silence as the ideal state-of-mind to focus on the embodied self.


At this event, the innovations that are presented are mostly screen-based, so this installation was quite special in this context. People watched the 'performers' and encouraged the users of the installation. It's attractive to be physically active on such occasions, especially when a game element is included.
Most of the audience easily picked up the aim of the two modules, being collaboration and finding a balance together. By moving the steps, different samples are audible. The challenge is to find equal sounds and synchronize them. If the couple succeeds in doing so, they are rewarded with silence.
The performance focused of several ways of collaboration and play with as aim to make a word with letters (interaction), a sentence by two people (focus on school, by interacting with sensors) or with four people (personal learning by movement).
Kennisnet offered to create a performance with the installation for Tek Tok

At Paard van Troje
Den Haag  

3rd december 201

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