3/3/2006
Igloo
ArtSway, Sway
Summerbranch. Igloo’s installation uses the tools of the military-entertainment complex: computer gaming, motion capture, 3D environments and special effects to question what is truth and artifice in our attempts to reproduce nature. The artist presents ‘interactivity’ blurring the boundaries between spectator and participator.
Summerbranch
Summerbranch, a new commission by Igloo, presents ‘interactivity’
as a new form of audience engagement; blurring the boundaries between
spectator and participator in both active and passive ways. The
exhibition explores movement and stillness in nature through the use
of visual and kinaesthetic applications of the computer and dance
movement. Summerbranch explores ways in which a person or a computer
character can blend into a ‘natural’ environment captured and
treated through the moving image by means of camouflage and other
disguises.
Igloo’s installation uses the tools of the military-entertainment
complex: computer gaming, motion capture, 3D environments and special
effects to question what is truth and artifice in our attempts to
reproduce nature. Igloo’s founding members, Ruth Gibson and Bruno
Martelli, in collaboration with other artists, experiment with
different formats and new methods of interaction, using technology to
innovate, take risks and explore ideas of being in other peoples
stories in order to allow audiences to ‘join the dots’ themselves
so that certain things can be left unsaid.
Summerbranch offers the visitor the opportunity to navigate around a
computer-generated virtual world, full screen video works, three
dimensional work and prints; all acting together to form a work which
challenges our notions of dance and our experience of the real.
Through this, Igloo not only investigate the role of the ‘real’ in
virtual environments, but also that of the reproduction of nature in
the history of art and particularly landscape work.
Igloo founding members Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli have
collaborated on experimental multimedia projects since 1995. They
formed Igloo after the success of Daylight Robbery, a motion capture
animation, and WindowsNinetyEight (CD Rom, 1996-8), which was
nominated for a BAFTA award in 2002. Their work explores metaphysical
worlds using video, internet, performance and installation. Informed
by contemporary dance practice, the body is the medium that drives
the effects of multiple software and hardware use. Their projects are
interdisciplinary and are made working with teams of practitioners
drawn primarily from dance, music and technology backgrounds.
Collaborators on Summerbranch include: Joanne Fong, Mark Bruce, Adam
Nash, John McCormick, Alex Woolner, Alex Jevremovic, Henry Dalton,
Lisette PunkyPixie, Animazoo, Bionatics, Matthew Andrews, Jeffrey
Jacobson, essexdance, 3T RPD Ltd. Recent works include Winterspace
(installation/performance, 2001-2003), Warstars (installation and
DVD, 2002-2003), Viking Shoppers (performance, 2000) and dotdotdot
(web toy, 2002).
ArtSway
ArtSway is the contemporary visual arts centre in the New Forest
facilitating the development of new works by artists and offering
creative opportunities for audiences. ArtSway is an Arts Council
England regularly funded organisation developing and presenting a
programme of contemporary visual art of National and International
significance.
SCAN
SCAN is the new media arts agency in the South of England with a
commitment to the delivery and facilitation of collaborative projects
and initiatives using emergent technologies and practices. Working on
a membership and partnership basis, SCAN brings together individuals
and organisations to share resources in the realisation of high
quality projects and experimental initiatives. See www.scansite.org
for further information and current projects.
Capture 4
Capture is a production fund for artists to challenge the concept of
screen-based dance. As well as supporting artists to make new work,
the aim of Capture is to develop, diversify, and raise the profile of
screen-based dance. Capture 4 premiers around the country in early 2006:
The ICA, London - 16 to 28 February 2006
Shifting Intimacies -Charlotte Vincent, Keith Armstrong and Guy
Webster; Double Edge -Sue Smith and Roswitha Chesher; Non-Bifurcated
Diary - Anna-Nicole Ziesche; LHz 30-150 Legbonotation - Peter Atha;
‘A Tale Of’ - Saburo Teshigawara and Ravi Deepres; Move-me -
Ricochet Dance Productions and Goat Media Ltd; Dancing to New Orleans
- Alex Reuben
The New Art Gallery Walsall - 10 February 2006 to 23 April 2006
Doppelganger - Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie
ArtSway - 4 March to 30 April 2006
Summerbranch - Igloo
Related Events
Motion Capture Demo Day: Monday 27 March 2006, 10.30am - 3.30pm
An opportunity for college students, lecturers and heads of
departments to visit ArtSway for a demonstration day of Motion
Capture Technology by experts Animazoo. Igloo will also be
demonstrating this equipment in relation to their work. Free
Gallery Talk: Saturday 8 April 2006 at 2pm
Join Igloo artists Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli on an informal tour
of the exhibition as they discuss their work with ArtSway Director
Mark Segal. Free
Reception for the artists: Saturday 4 March 2006, 2 - 5pm
ArtSway
Station Road - Sway
The Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday 11am - 5pm
Admission Free