Body Navigation

Dancer caught in own cobweb

Dancer caught in own cobweb

Dance Installation

Recoil Performance Group, Spring 2008

A reactive floorprojection for a Recoil Performance Group dance performance/installation. Developed with choreographer Tina Tarpgaard and programmer Jonas Jongejan.

Two dancers and their digital reproduction are the scenographic frame of this humorous and emotional portrait of human relations. Based on rules and structured in a game like manner, the installation makes way for a playful dialog between the man, woman and the digital “footprints” they leave behind.

The Body Navigation performance was originally part of a larger installation and modern dance performance in Copenhagen, by Tim Rushton, Danish Dance Theatre called Labyrint.

We used processing for the infrared blobtracking of the dancers and drawing the open gl graphics. During the performance Tina controlled the whole thing live from an Isadora-based interface via osc.

Performances

06 2010 Dance Digital, the Hat Factory, Luton
01 2010 Plaza+ festival, Plaza Futura, Eindhoven
10 2009 Kedja, KHiO, Oslo
12 2008 Histrionski dom, Zagreb
05 2008 Labyrint at Kaleidoskop K2, Copenhagen

Requirements

  • Recent generation Apple Mac with two sceens or MacBook Pro with extended desktop
  • Infrared cctv camera
  • Infrared flood light
  • Videoprojector, min. 10.000 ansi lumens
  • 7 x 5,25 m floor space covered with white dance vinyl.
  • App. 7 meters vertical space, depending on projector and camera optics.
  • Low-latency Imaging Source DFG/1394-1e video grabber with 3rd party Mac driver
  • Isadora license

Video from Labyrint, Copenhagen

Video by Ole Kristensen

Video of full performance, as staged in Zagreb

Video by Ole Kristensen

Photos

All photos by Jonas Jongejan

Links

Body Navigation at Recoil Performance Group

Labyrint at Dansk Danseteater (in Danish)

Labyrith at Danish Dancetheatre (in English)


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  1. Networked_Performance — “Body Navigation” Dance Installation and Danish Dance Theatre’s “Labyrinth” 7.31.08 / 8pm

    [...] Kristensen, one of the installation’s video designers, provides a brief technical overview of the tools used to create the infrared tracking and interactive video [...]

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  2. Interactive Performance | Welcome to Human Resources 9.5.08 / 10am

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  3. Body Navigation 9.12.08 / 12am

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  4. david 9.22.08 / 7am

    chunkymove have used similar technology for their works glow and mortal engine.

    the programmer is Frieder Weiss and he has made many interactive systems for dance.

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  5. olekristensen 9.22.08 / 1pm

    yep, i know about frieder weiss and his great software.
    in fact he helped us get the right infrared lighting gear.

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  6. Realtime tracking + dancing at what you see is what i got 9.25.08 / 5am

    [...] forwarded the interesting Body Navigation. Reminded me the best execution I have ever seen (I was at the [...]

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  7. Superbe LIB : Processing.ORG at As-map Blog 9.26.08 / 2pm

    [...] Body Navigation by Jonas Jongejan and Ole Kristensen for Recoil Performance Group [...]

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  8. Body navigation performance | Urban.Blog » web, design, multimedia, interaction 9.28.08 / 8pm

    [...] Due ballerini e le proiezioni digitali sul pavimento sono la scenografica cornice di questa divertente ed emozionante performance prodotta dalla “Danish Dance Theatrer“, diretta da Tim Rushton, sviluppata con la coreografia di Tina Tarpgaard e la programmazione di Jonas Jongejan. L’installazione ha utilizzato Processing per il “blobtracking” dei danzatori con disegni in grafica Open GL. Durante l’esecuzione Tina Tarpgaard ha controllato tutta la performance in diretta con un’interfaccia in Isadora via osc. Pronti a danzare? Condividi questo articolo: Queste icone linkano i siti di social bookmarking sui quali i lettori possono condividere e trovare nuove pagine web. [...]

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  9. Research Blog 1 « Cynnie’s Life 9.30.08 / 5am

    [...] website to search up some codes to do the network exquisite corpse. I stumbled upon the ‘ Body Navigation’ project on the exhibition section on the first page. It reminded me of Merce [...]

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  10. Bmud 10.1.08 / 5pm

    VERY well done!

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  11. Human is more important than technology » unconsciousness 10.1.08 / 5pm

    [...] 1)unconsciousness – eye blinking, eye movement [ EMDR] 2)Nature-Nature; people just pass by the nature,, 3)Dance – which will be associated with processing [ —–] [...]

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  13. Samuel Teodoro Ferreira 10.7.08 / 12am

    Help-me please.

    Sou estudante de Ciência da Computação e meu projeto final é sobre Imagem e Interação.

    Preciso urgente de livros sobre o assunto, porém aqui no Brasil não tem material traduzido para português.
    Como faço para comprar os livros citados no site ?
    Alguém pode enviar para mim por favor ?

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  15. Ginga Blah » Labyrint: performance em instalação interativa 10.7.08 / 3pm

    [...] o vídeo abaixo e veja mais informações no site de Ole Kristensen. Mais fotos neste set do flickr. Coreografia de Tina Tarpgaard e música por Athelas [...]

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  16. Body navigation « Automated Chaos 10.7.08 / 11pm

    [...] I also found some really nice examples of processing being used in the design world. Ole Kristensen produced a video entitled ‘Body Navigation’  which has some brilliant examples of how processing can manipulate what a camera sees and then project a reaction on any surface. Check out the video HERE [...]

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  17. dan linehan 10.10.08 / 11pm

    magical – wonderful – thankyou

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  18. Plant Blog » Interactive dance installation 10.13.08 / 8pm

    [...] love to see it in action on a public dance floor! Check out the video, more images and tech-tips at Ole Kristensens website Post to… These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new [...]

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  19. Labyrint: interactive performance through body navigation | Sugar Mob 10.14.08 / 8pm

    [...] a preview of the performance below, and more informatino in Ole’s website. There are some cool photos of the event in this flickr [...]

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  20. Labyrint: interactive performance through body navigation | n0theen 10.14.08 / 8pm

    [...] a preview of the performance below, and more informatino in Ole’s website. There are some cool photos of the event in this flickr set. [...]

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  21. Labyrint: interactive performance through body navigation at Dawti 10.14.08 / 8pm

    [...] a preview of the performance below, and more informatino in Ole’s website. There are some cool photos of the event in this flickr set. [...]

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  22. como la nada misma » Blog Archive » Labyrinth: Performance interactiva 10.15.08 / 12am

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  24. ON » Blog Archive » Labyrint: interactive performance through body navigation 10.15.08 / 9am

    [...] Watch a preview of the performance below, and more informatino in Ole’s website.” [...]

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  25. Antonio 10.15.08 / 5pm

    AMAZING! really want to see it live. Are you guys touring with this installation?

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  26. The Litmus « The Dapper Alchemist 10.15.08 / 9pm

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  27. Labyrint - Recoil Performance Group (Denmark) | vj.tv 10.16.08 / 9pm

    [...] a preview of the performance below, and more informatino in Ole’s website. There are some cool photos of the event in this flickr [...]

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  29. creative coding » Referatstermine Klasse C 10.27.08 / 11am

    [...] Marie-Leonie Brauda & Celine Haack – Body Navigation [...]

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  30. BODY NAVIGATION | Sugar Mob 11.4.08 / 1pm

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  31. Body Navigation | Made in Mundo 11.4.08 / 11pm

    [...] Navigation é um projecto verdadeiramente interessante, numa colaboração conjunta de Ole Kristensen, Jonas Jongejan, a coreografa Tina Tarpgaard, e a Recoil Performance Group. Projecção reactiva no [...]

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  32. Body Navigation by Recoil Performance Group | Live Smart Daily 11.9.08 / 7am

    [...] Infrared Tracking and Interactive Video Projection, developed by Ole Kristensen and Jonas Jongejan. Body Navigation by Recoil Performance Group. See more photos of this event in this flickr [...]

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  33. links for 2008-11-17 « Ferrar 11.17.08 / 10am

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  34. Kunst op zondag | Recoil performance group - Sargasso 11.23.08 / 11am

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  35. Nur als Anregung 11.29.08 / 12am

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  36. HCI перфоманс | Fresh: новости мира юзабилити 12.20.08 / 6am

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  37. Jenna’s blog » Projection showcases 12.23.08 / 3am

    [...] which was performed by the Recoil Performance Group in spring 2008. The title of the work was Body Navigation and the dancers move around a reactive floor projection which will react to their movements. [...]

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  38. mise-en-scène » Blog Archive » a new approach to programming 12.24.08 / 7pm

    [...] wikiweb , body navigation, [...]

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  39. Body navigation - HalfdanJ 1.3.09 / 7pm

    [...] Links Photos by me of Labyrint and Body Navigation on flickr Blogpost about body navigation  [...]

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  40. Preview of Doug Fox’s Kinetic Cinema Program on Dance and Animation Feb. 11th « Move the Frame 2.2.09 / 6pm

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  41. Labyrint « Karaganda 2.7.09 / 10pm

    [...] აქ ზედმეტი სიტყვები არ არის საჭირო უბრალოდ უნდა უცქიროთ! Ole Kristensen. [...]

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  42. z3240322’s blog » Multimedia authoring week3 3.26.09 / 2pm

    [...] and during my research i came across the code made by professional dancers using processing and it was reallly great i loved the way the comp and the dancers intereact with each other. Body Navigation [...]

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  43. JF 4.14.09 / 8pm

    Just wondering what cctv camera you guys using? so many… which one is the best?

    Thanks

    Sorry for my bad english…

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  44. Digital-Age of graffiti | Gabriel Topete | Another design blog 8.22.09 / 11pm

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  45. unconsciousness « Human is more important than Technology 9.23.09 / 9am

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  46. Body Navigation by ole kristensen 11.20.09 / 11pm

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  47. Bernard Chabrol : Webdesigner / Enseignant - (design / Recherches / Sources) | Body Navigation 2.15.10 / 3pm

    [...] Le Recoil Performance Group utilise une installation interactive pour une chorégraphie qui joue avec les ombres des danseurs et des formes graphique interactives. L’installation repose sur Processing, et Isadora, elle est expliquée sur leur site. [...]

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