Media Expressions and Transformation, Body as an Interface Research

• Project/Area Number: 15K12838
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: KITAMURA Akiko 信州大学, 学術研究院人文科学系, 准教授 (40334875)
• Research Collaborator: NAVID Navid Concordia University, Topological Media Lab, Associate Director
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 舞台芸術論 / 身体舞踊表現 / メディア論 / 身体論 / 舞踊舞台芸術論 / 振付・演出論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The three-year research investigated the relationship between visual and auditory stimulations and choreographic vocabularies. It first focused on the interrelationship between body movement, motion capture, and sound morphing systems and studied how those surrounding systems expanded the perception of the body and whether it could become an actual tool in influencing performance arts expressions. Based on the results of our first study, the research focused on motion capture using camera tracking. It reinvestigated the system parameters from spatial, temporal, artistic, and technical standpoints. The research results were applied to a dance piece titled TransSenses, which was presented in Japan Society in New York and Tangente in Montreal, receiving meaningful reviews from experts and critics.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Concordia University Senselab/Concordia University Metalab/Tangente Montreal(Canada)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Japan Society NY(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Japan Society N.Y(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Concordia University(Canada)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Concordia University/Hexagram/Matralab(Canada)
• [Journal Article] 舞台作品"TranSenses -particle ver.-" (2017)
  • Author(s): Akiko Kitamura/Navid Navab
  • Journal Title: dance program "VIRTUALLY, IN THE FLESH" Tangent, Montreal, Canada Volume: 2017
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] “The Media Lab As Space For “Play And Process”: An Interview With TML’s Navid Navab' (2015)
  • Author(s): Navid Navab
  • Journal Title: Ampersand lab (&) Volume: -
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] “Gesture Bending and the Poetics of Schizophonia with Navid Navab” (2015)
  • Author(s): Navid Navab
  • Journal Title: International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation Volume: -
• [Presentation] TranSenses (2017)
  • Author(s): 北村明子, Navid Navab
  • Organizer: 17th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Japan Society NY, ニューヨーク、アメリカ合衆国
  • Year and Date: 2017-01-06
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] "TranSenses -particle ver.-" (2017)
  • Author(s): Akiko Kitamura/Navid Navab
  • Organizer: dance program "VIRTUALLY, IN THE FLESH"
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] "Alchemical Narrative" (2016)
  • Author(s): Navid Navab, Aaron Finbloom
  • Organizer: Topological Media Lab
  • Place of Presentation: Concordia University, montreal, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-25
• [Presentation] "Give me Limits: M4L workshop" (2016)
  • Author(s): Navid Navab, Robert Henke, Jonathan Stern
  • Organizer: M4L workshop", CRIMMT, McGill
  • Place of Presentation: CRIMMT, McGill, Montreal, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-23
  • Invited
• [Presentation] "Native Alien: Transcultural Exchange" (2016)
  • Author(s): Navid Navab
  • Organizer: Goethe-Institut, International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Expanding Worlds,
  • Place of Presentation: Boston, US
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-25
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] TranSenses (2015)
  • Author(s): Akiko Kitamura / Navid Navab
  • Organizer: SenseLab
  • Place of Presentation: Concordia University Hexagram
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-28
• [Remarks] VIRTUALLY, IN THE FLESH
  • URL: http://tangentedanse.ca/en/event/virtually-in-the-flesh/
• [Remarks] 17th Contemporary Dance ShowcaseJapan East Asia
  • URL: https://japansociety.org/event/17th-contemporary-dance-showcase-japan-east-asia
• [Remarks] DancersStriptoEssentialsinBasketballandTranSenses
  • URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/arts/dance/dancers-strip-to-essentials-in-basketball-and-transenses.html
• [Remarks] Resonances virtuelles
  • URL: http://lesmeconnus.net/resonances-virtuelles-tangente-danse-critique/
• [Remarks] Sur mes pas en danse
  • URL: http://surlespasduspectateur.blogspot.jp/2017/04/
• [Remarks] TranSenses,17th Contemporary Dance Showcase
  • URL: http://www.japansociety.org/event/17th-contemporary-dance-showcase-japan-east-asia
• [Remarks] TranSenses
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu35OIKMizr6tINDuwD3IHglAwY0klLeO
• [Remarks] NY Times review
  • URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/arts/dance/dancers-strip-to-essentials-in-basketball-and-transenses.html
• [Remarks] TranSenses
  • URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1493859664238396/
• [Funded Workshop] Artist in Residence for TranSenses in Agora hydro-quebec (2017)
• [Funded Workshop] TranSenses (2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Concordia University Hexagram,Canada
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-28