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Objects in Performance
As the object has become a central issue in both theory and the arts, the Goethe-Institut New York dedicates a weekend to intensive theoretical exchange and spatial experience to the object in performance. An installation, a symposium and a performance are the starting point of long-term engagement with the object and related matters in the fields of theory and the arts alike.
Synchronous Objects: Degrees of Unison is a multipart sound and video installation focusing on "One Flat Thing, reproduced," an ensemble dance by William Forsythe .
Focusing on the choreographic visualization online project Synchronous Objects created by Norah Zuniga Shaw, Maria Palazzi and William Forsythe , the installation brings viewers into an encounter with the deep structures of a dance and the generative ideas contained within. A series of visual objectsanimations, computer graphics, interactive toolsenact a parallel performance of Forsythe's choreographic ideas. The work was first launched online in 2009 and is still available in this form. In the installation, Norah Zuniga Shaw stays close to the conceptual foundations of the online original while extending them into the architectural and experiential possibilities of the Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building. In addition to interacting with the site and viewing HD animations from the project, visitors can spend time within a circle of synchronized visualizations unfolding from dance to data to objects over the 15-minute time span of the piece. William Forsythe 's voice calls out timing to the dancers and the sounds of the dancers' actions move in multi-channel choreography around the space. Finally, a paper proliferation of creative processes can be found to read, leave behind, sort, or carry home.
Artists: Norah Zuniga Shaw, William Forsythe
