Hiatus brings dance, video, music, and light together in real time using a sensor that detects the performer's skeleton. Their movements are captured, transmitted, and analyzed, triggering a visual and auditory response to which they, in turn, respond. Contrary to conventional performance codes, the performer precedes the music, guides, and interacts with the video. He/she is both performer and conductor; he/she triggers and reacts. He/she plays with digital elements and makes them his/her stage partners.
This performance explores the relationship between humans and digital technology, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and its material dimension: the machine. The performer must feed data into the program to generate images and sounds, but must also contend with the bugs and latency inherent in the digital machine.
Hiatus is a Live Digital Art Show