Choreography and Design in

Interactive Environments Professor Mick Wallis and Sophia Lycouris

with final words by Alec Robertson

SERENDIPITY SYNDICATE 4

Professor Mick Wallis

Emergent Objectswww.emergentobjects.co.uk

School of Performance and Cultural Industries

University of Leeds

Performance / Design

Process / Product

Meta-levelProfessor Mick Wallis, (Principal Investigator) University of Leeds

Professor Christopher Baugh, University of LeedsProfessor David Hogg, University of Leeds

Joslin McKinney, University of LeedsDr Sita Popat, University of Leeds

Alic Baylis, University of Leeds Alec Robertson De Montfort University

SNAKEDr Sophia Lycouris, Nottingham Trent UniversityDr Philip Breedon, Nottingham Trent UniversityTracy Cordingley, Nottingham Trent University

Jamie Billing, Nottingham Trent UniversityDr Sita Popat, University of Leeds

SPIDER-CRAB

Shadow Robot Company

Professor Mick Wallis, University of LeedsDr Sita Popat, University of Leeds

Professor David Hogg, University of LeedsDr Sophia Lycouris, Nottingham Trent University

HOVERFLIES

Dr Jennifer Sheridan Derek Hales, Huddersfield University

Scott Palmer University of Leeds Alice Bayliss, University of Leeds

Performance / Design

Process / Product

VIDEO CLIP:

EMBODIEDEMBODIED

KNOWINGKNOWING

DESIGN PROCESS ISSUES

EMBODIED KNOWINGcontemplatingembodied performance…..and finding a new body for the robot

TECHNEBODYWORK

rehearsals of deep feelings through body sculptingMETAXISSEMIOSISTHROUGH INSTALLATIONS TO DESIGNS

words from bodywork into marksinto soundscomposed into installations

PROJECTION

EMBODIED SIMULATIONfrom CAD and physical mock-upsinto embodied prototyping……and prototype testing from using the product……to re-embodied evaluationloosening bodies……and bodily relations

HABITUS

SPIDER-CRABSPIDER-CRAB

Maquette to convey eventual scale of SpiderCrab (photo: pixelwitch)

SPIDER CRAB OBJECT

to date:

…it has one limb….. currently a vision system ..hence green band…will be multi sensory.

….movement is randomly generated but bias is introduced according to the quality of the dancers movements using Laban Effort Protocols.

....think of it as being a system… which becomes complex when a human agent join it.

Professor Mick Wallis

VIDEO CLIP:

SPIDER-CRABSPIDER-CRAB

Mickel Smithen and SpiderCrab (photo: pixelwitch)

Dr Sophia Lycouris

SNAKE OBJECT

to date:comes from ideas of engagement with an

audience…..and challenging ideas choreography….without compromising the artistic…..finding out what is useful to apply and solve problems.

it works in an improvisational way.

did not want this object to have predictable behaviour ….hence connections with complexity

SNAKE OBJECT

….the stimuli that triggers interactive come from different areas around the object…the object decides and negotiates the different stimuli in in order to respond

….it is an object that supports the user ….the viewer the audience… to explore… it helps the users to

find something out rather than having a specific movement or shape.

I am interested in breaking the boundary of the performance and the audience.. Make the audience dance rather than sit.

VIDEO CLIP:

SNAKESNAKE

SNAKE OBJECT

I am interested in breaking the boundary of the performance and the audience.. ..make the audience dance rather than sit.

It is not for really specialised users like the ballet dancer as was seen here …although that is good too…..but it is an object that it should be used by different people.

Dr Sophia Lycouris

INTELLIGENTCITY Proposal

…..dealt with 4D design in space in relation to dance and architecture

…..create and interactive environment for users of a shopping mall in Cambridge

…..installations in the fabric of the building drawattention to features of the architectural space

to create new experiences for users and more interest.

Dr Sophia Lycouris

INTELLIGENTCITY – digital visual embedded into the building fabric and responsive to users movements showing architectural features..

INTELLIGENTCITY – digital visual embedded into the building fabric and responsive to users movements showing architectural features..

INTELLIGENTCITY – digital visual embedded into the building fabric and responsive to users movements showing architectural features..

Alec Robertson

ERGONOMICS MULTIMEDIA

PERFORMANCE ARTS

ROBOTICS

InteractionDesign

Kinetic Sculpture

Electronic Arts

Interface Design

4D PRODUCTDESIGN

Relationships with artefacts matter.

AUTONOMOUS OBJECTSHuman-ObjectSymbiosis

Line of power enhancement

COMPLEXITY

Manual Tools

Human-ObjectSymbiosis

Physical Informational

AUTONOMOUS PEOPLE

Instruments

Line of tool invention

SoftwareMechatronicsMechatronics Software? ?

..we have choices to make

Alec Robertson

…….symbiotic relationships are a way forward

Alec Robertson

CONCLUSION

..this is a snapshot …..of artefacts that are beginning to move….be adaptable and responsive.

……..it is about putting in…the cultural perspective of the performance artist, which is absolutely crucial from my perspective.

….if we are going to design new systems and artefacts let’s get in there at the beginning and make them aesthetic and kinaesthetic and meaningful, along with useful.

Alec Robertson