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AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels (2013) @ Re-New Digital Arts Festival, Copenhagen. Oct 2013 at 18:00. 

Video shot & edited: Jeannette Ginslov

AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels is a project exploring affect in urban spaces. Dance improvisation and screen dance techniques for video capture and editing are the main artistic modalities. The element of Augmented Reality (AR) lets the choreographies be suspended as hidden layers of media living in physical space and on personal mobile phones. An extra dimension of archived material is added, letting AR be part time-machine part performance of memory. This artwork can be experienced individually, or as part of coordinated groups, or you can see the AR media combined with a live performance on 31 October. The AR tags are placed all around the outside the Nikolaj building. You will need the free AR browser Aurasma (download here) running on your mobile phones to access the media.

Location: Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen

Artists: Jeannette Ginslov (video, edit & concept), Susan Kozel (artistic direction & concept), Wubkje Kuindersma (live and video dance), Camilla Ryd (images & interaction design), Jacek Smolicki (sound), Daniel Spikol (technical production), Oliver Starpov (video dance).

AffeXity would like to acknowledge support from the following organisations: Malmö University, Medea, Re-New Digital Arts Festival, Det Kongelige Teater, Svenska Filminstitutet, Vetenskapsrådet, Nikolaj Konsthal and Anton Van Niekerk/Hatfield Travel for sponsoring airfare for Jeannette Ginslov. http://www.hatfieldtravel.co.za/

AffeXity is an ongoing project included in the the Living Archives research project.

See http://affexity.se/ for more info.

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AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels Daytime Showing 02 Nov

AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels Daytime Showing 02 Nov for Re-New Digital Arts Festival

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Photos: Daniel Spikol

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Images - AffeXity: Passages and Tunnels Nikolaj Kunsthal Oct 31, 2013 København

AffeXity: Passages and Tunnels

For all photos go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_spikol/sets/72157637184344354/

Nikolaj Kunsthal Oct 31, 2013 København Exposing somatic and affective layers of our urban spaces through dance improvisation and screendance.  With: Susan Kozel (artistic direction & concept), Jeannette Ginslov (video, effects, & concept), Wubkje Kuindersma (dance), Oliver Starpov (dance), Camilla Ryd (images & interaction design), Jacek Smolicki (images & sound), & Daniel Spikol (technical direction)

Many thanks: Anton Van Niekerk/Hatfield Travel for sponsoring airfare for Jeannette Ginslov

http://www.hatfieldtravel.co.za/

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Today 31 Oct! AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels ....see you there! Part of the Re-New Digital Arts Festival at PB43 in Copenhagen, installation around the Nikolaj Kunsthal. Photo: Jeannette Ginslov. Poster: Daniel Spikol

Try to make this one work! Download http://www.aurasma.com/  sign into iTunes. When downloaded and signed up, go to Aurasma and search for AffeXity - Passages and Tunnels, then click follow. The app will now work if ou hold it over this image!

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AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels

Dance and Augmented Reality combine to make up the Augmented Choreography of AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels.

October 2013 Copenhagen Denmark

Part of the Re-New Digital Arts Festival 2013, Oct 29 – Nov 3, 2013.

AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels is a project exploring affect in urban spaces. Dance improvisation and screen dance techniques for video capture and editing are the main artistic modalities. The element of Augmented Reality (AR) lets the choreographies be suspended as hidden layers of media living in physical space and on personal mobile phones. An extra dimension of archived material is added, letting AR be part time-machine part performance of memory. This artwork can be experienced individually, or as part of coordinated groups, or you can see the AR media combined with a live performance on 31 October (see times and instructions below). The AR tags are placed all around the outside the Nikolaj building. You will need the free AR browser Aurasma (download here) running on your mobile phones to access the media.

Location Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen – Nikolaj Plads 10, 1067 Copenhagen, Denmark

Artists Jeannette Ginslov (video, edit & concept), Susan Kozel (artistic direction & concept), Wubkje Kuindersma (dance), Camilla Ryd (images & interaction design), Jacek Smolicki (sound), Daniel Spikol (technical production), Oliver Starpov (dance).

Times Visit the Nikolaj with your own mobile phones any time from 17:30 on Tuesday, Oct 29, until Sunday, Nov 11. Tags are attached to the outside of the building.

Each day, from Tuesday, Oct 29, until Saturday, Nov 2, from 17:30-20:30 someone will be there to help you with the tags and the AR browser.

Two performances will take place, integrating dancer (Wubkje Kuindersma) with the layers of media running on mobile devices on Oct 31 at 17:15 and 18:00. We will provide a few extra mobile phones and iPads if you need one. A local area wifi will also be available. On Saturday, Nov 2, at 14:00 you can join a group and experience the media with others.

Instructions (You can follow these instructions from home or once you reach the Nikolaj)

You will need the Augmented Reality browser Aurasma to access the media of AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels. It is free from the App Store, download here

Start the Aurasma app and click on the A-shaped icon at the bottom to go to the home screen

Tap the magnifying glass icon (circle with line) and enter AffeXity: Passages & Tunnels in search box

Tap on the channel in the search results and then tap the Follow icon

You are now connected to the channel

From the main aurasma page, tap the [ ] icon to begin viewing the media. Place your phone in front of the image tag and wait for the purple circle to indicate the media is downloading.

AffeXity would like to acknowledge support from the following organisations: Malmö University, Medea, Re-New Digital Arts Festival, Det Kongelige Teater, Svenska Filminstitutet, Vetenskapsrådet, and Nikolaj Konsthal.

AffeXity is an ongoing project included in the the Living Archives research project.

Poster Design: Daniel Spikol

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PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE OF DansAR 01 & 02 Feb/March 2013

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DansAR 02 25 February-01 March 2013: AR Performance and Choreographic Project in collaboration with Skånes Dansteater and twenty five dancers from Lund's Dance & Music Gymnasium, Sweden. The dancers divided up into four teams and learnt choreographies from Putu which they then adapted to their location and concept of their videos. They then shot and edited the short screendance works in locations in and around Skånes Dansteater: the children's park, the skate park, the entrance to the University and inside the Skånes Dansteater building. They made triggers for the videos and a journey was created for the audiences for the final event, 01 March 2012, that attracted over 50 viewers. The audience was divided into two groups each group experienced a different AR journey, going from outside to inside the building. It culminated in a large dance ensemble where all the students performed the main dance sequence live for the the assembled audience.

The audiences using the augmented reality application called Aurasma triggered the tagged videos by moving from one designated spot to the next and then viewed the short live performance besides the tagged spot.

The final event was part of the Living Archives project at MEDEA.

Video shot & edited Jeannette Ginslov

DansAR 01 & 02 an AR Performance Project, in collaboration with Jeannette Ginslov, Skånes Dansteater , Living Archives at MEDEA, Prof Susan Kozel, Prof Daniel Spikol and Masters Students from the Department of Computer Science at MEDEA Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.

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DansAR 02 Performance Day 01 March 2013. The most effective AR outcome was the one shot and created by the Swedish Meatballs group who created auras at the Skate Park. The five dancers wore their triggers, images of daisies, on their backs, shoulders and moved ever so slightly. The one dancer stood in the skate park bowl and lured the audience members into the bowl. Here the dancer improvised, moving his trigger quite significantly. The audience member had to then move in tandem with him, so as to keep the AR video looping on his mobile device. A choreographic moment was born, a mobile encounter took place.

The final event was part of the Living Archives project at MEDEA.

Video shot & edited Jeannette Ginslov

DansAR 01 & 02 an AR Performance Project, in collaboration with Jeannette Ginslov, Skånes Dansteater , Living Archives at MEDEA, Prof Susan Kozel, Prof Daniel Spikol and Masters Students from the Department of Computer Science at MEDEA Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.

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DansAR 01 Here is an AR overlay made with Kinect. Transparent background.Video triggered by image of room. Virtual dancers dance with Ali Arafati, who made this transparent overlay. In the second clip the trigger is the poster. 

Video shot & edited Jeannette Ginslov

DansAR 01 & 02 AR Performance Project, in collaboration with Jeannette Ginslov, Skånes Dansteater, Living Archives at MEDEA, Prof Susan Kozel, Prof Daniel Spikol and Masters Students from the Department of Computer Science at MEDEA Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.

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DansAR 01: AR Performance and Screendance Project in collaboration with four disabled dancers and a choreographer, Melody Putu from Skånes Dansteater. Together with the collaborators from MEDEA it explored movements and choreographies set by the disabled dancers and Putu. Eight videos were shot and edited by the writer, converted to image based videos on Aurasma and later tagged onto the real environment at Skånes Teater auditorium. It culminated in an informal presentation, 22 February, that integrated live performances by the disabled dancers and AR videos.

The audiences using the augmented reality application called Aurasma triggered the tagged videos by moving from one designated spot to the next and then viewed the short live performance besides the tagged spot.

Video shot & edited by Jeannette Ginslov

DansAR 01 & 02 : AR Performance Project, in collaboration with Jeannette Ginslov, Skånes Dansteater , Living Archives at MEDEA, Prof Susan Kozel, Prof Daniel Spikol and Masters Students from the Department of Computer Science at MEDEA Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden. 18-22 February 2013

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DansAR 01 & 02 Feb-March 2013

DansAR 01 & 02 an AR Performance Project, in collaboration with Jeannette Ginslov, Skånes Dansteater , Living Archives at MEDEA, Prof Susan Kozel, Prof Daniel Spikol and Masters Students from the Department of Computer Science at MEDEA Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.

DansAR 01 18-22 February 2013 was an AR Performance and Screendance Project in collaboration with four disabled dancers and a choreographer, Melody Putu from Skånes Dansteater. Together with the collaborators from MEDEA it explored movements and choreographies set by the disabled dancers and Putu. Eight videos were shot and edited by the writer, converted to image based videos on Aurasma and later tagged onto the real environment at Skånes Teater auditorium. It culminated in an informal presentation, 22 February, that integrated live performances by the disabled dancers and AR videos.

The audiences using the augmented reality application called Aurasma triggered the tagged videos by moving from one designated spot to the next and then viewed the short live performance besides the tagged spot.

DansAR 02 25 March-01 March 2013, was an AR Performance and Choreographic Project in collaboration with Skånes Dansteater and twenty five dancers from Lund's Dance & Music Gymnasium, Sweden. The dancers divided up into four teams and learnt choreographies from Putu which they then adapted to their location and concept of their videos. They then shot and edited the short screendance works in locations in and around Skånes Dansteater: the children's park, the skate park, the entrance to the University and inside the Skånes Dansteater building. They made triggers for the videos and a journey was created for the audiences for the final event, 01 March 2012, that attracted over 50 viewers. The audience was divided into two groups each group experienced a different AR journey, going from outside to inside the building. It culminated in a large dance ensemble where all the students performed the main dance sequence live for the the assembled audience.

The most affective AR outcomes were the ones shot and created by the "Swedish Meatballs" group who created auras at the Skate Park. The five dancers wore their triggers, images of daisies, on their backs, shoulders and held them, so that they moved with them. The one dancer stood in the skate park bowl and lured the audience members into the bowl. Here the dancer improvised, moving his trigger quite significantly. The audience member had to then move in tandem with him, so as to keep the AR video looping on the mobile device. A choreographic moment was born, a mobile encounter took place.

The final event was part of the Living Archives project at MEDEA.

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DansAR 1 & 2 Next Phase of development for AffeXity

The next AffeXity Augmented Reality and Choreography Residency starts in a few days time in Malmö, Sweden & has two Phases, in collaboration with Skånes Dance Theatre. 

DansAR 1 18-22 Feb with Disabled dancers and Skånes Dance Theatre.

DansAR 2 25 Feb - 01 Mar with students from Lund High School. 

Also working with us is Ass. Prof. Daniel Spikol and some of his masters students as well as Melody Putu, South African dancer/choreographer, living and working at Skånes Dance Theatre in Malmö Sweden. Looking forward! 

See more here about Melody and Daniel:

http://www.skanesdansteater.com/about-us/dancers/melody-putu/

http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/daniel-spikol/

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MEDEA Talks # 19 

Capturing Affect With a

Handful of Techne

May 14 2012 at MEDEA

In this Medea Talk, Jeannette Ginslov discusses the developmental stages of the AffeXity project, the interdependence of the collaborators, the relational and dynamic formation of technical and human intervention, the encounters of the carnal and the digital, the dialogic and temporal scaffolding of encounters of techne and the hands that attempt to capture affect. Read more here:

http://medea.mah.se/2012/05/medea-talks-presents-jeannette-ginslov/

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MEDEA Talks: Jeannette Ginslov - Capturing Affect With a Handful of Techne May 14, 16:00-18:00

CAPTURING AFFECT WITH A HANDFUL OF TECHNE

May 14, 16:00-18:00

Jeanette Ginslov is Medea’s Artist in Residence this spring. Her roots are as performer, choreographer and artistic director in South Africa, but for the last five years she has focused more on interdisciplinary platforms investigating the crossover between the media/dance/cinema/video and the internet. Her work centers around affect, haptic and digital materiality on several platforms: stage, screens, online and new media applications. Ginslov is currently working with Prof Susan Kozel at Medea on the project AffeXity that draws together screendance, visual imagery and mobile networked devices.

On May 14, Jeannette Ginslov gives a Medea Talk about the developmental stages of the AffeXity project, the interdependence of the collaborators, the relational and dynamic formation of technical and human intervention, the encounters of the carnal and the digital, the dialogic and temporal scaffolding of encounters of techne and the hands that attempt to capture affect.

Medea Talk with Jeanette Ginslov When: Monday, May 14, 16:00-18:00 Where: at the MEDEA studio, Östra Varvsgatan 11, Malmö Whom: The Medea Talk is for free and open to everyone. It is followed by Q&A and conversation.

More about AffeXity

AffeXity is a two year long research project. The first phase of research was conducted during Ginslov’s residency at the Laboratorium, Dansehallerne Copenhagen in November 2011. In the project’s final phase, they wish to see the project becoming a “social choreography”. Anyone will be invited to shoot and upload short screendance videos, using their “body in city” as a location of affect, archive their material onto a social media dance and technology platform and finally use Argon to facilitate a “performance” in their own city. These should reflect our premier of AffeXity in Malmö, November 2012.

More about Jeannette Ginslov Her roots are in Performance Art, protest theatre and contemporary dance theatre within the context of an Apartheid South Africa as a performer, choreographer and artistic director. The classical and contemporary dance training in South Africa, New York and France afforded her the tools to practice and research sites of resistance through the body and movement. In 1998 she studied a Master of Arts in Choreography based on the Body and the Dance Factory as sites of Resistance, exploring postmodernist feminist dance practices and choreographic strategies.

She left South Africa in 2008, in order to study for an MSc in Media Arts and Imaging Screendance, at Dundee University Scotland. In 2009 she started exploring other sites and modes of production with the use of online platforms and became associate producer dance-tech.net. She is a moderator for content on dance-tech.net that uses the most advanced social software platforms and internet rich multimedia applications. She is also the creator of MoveStream that provides an interdisciplinary platform that investigating the crossover between the boundaries usually found in media/dance/cinema/video and the internet. It provides a fresh and adaptive evolving domain for the public to engage with culture, choreography and performance. As a networked phenomenon, it encourages a much needed flow and exchange in Screendance discourse.

Related articles: - Mobile social choreographies: Choreographic insight as a basis for artistic research into mobile technologies – article published in Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media - Medea’s residency program - The AffeXity project

Made possible by 

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AffeXity Phase 02 Malmö Lighthouse Shoot

AffeXity Phase 02 Lighthouse Shoot 16 March 2012

Spring 2012 Artist in Residence @ MEDEA - Jeannette Ginslov

Residency Funded by

6 Research Videos for AffeXity

AffeXity Phase 02 Lighthouse Video 01   

AffeXity Phase 02 Lighthouse Video 02   

AffeXity Phase 02 Lighthouse Video 03   

AffeXity Phase 02 Lighthouse Video 04   

AffeXity Phase 02 Lighthouse Rocks 05   

AffeXity Phase 02 Lighthouse Rocks 06   

Videos Shot & Edited by Jeannette Ginslov

Performed by Susan Kozel Video Produced by Walking Gusto Productions Location Malmö Lighthouse, Malmö, Sweden © AffeXity & Walking Gusto Productions 2012

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AffeXity - Upcoming events and presentations!

Jeannette Ginslov will be presenting AffeXity at the following events, festivals and residencies: 

1) IETM 30 March Copenhagen DK

2) MEDEA talk 24 April Malmö, Sweden

2) ART ON WIRES 01-05 May Oslo, Norway

AffeXity Phase 02 Funded by 

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Jeannette Ginslov Artist in Residence @ MEDEA Spring 2012

Jeannette Ginslov is Artist in Residence @ MEDEA Spring 2012. 

Residency funded by

See MEDEA website for details: http://medea.mah.se/2012/03/jeannette-ginslov-artist-in-residence-at-medea-spring-2012/

Here are some stills from the GoPro Shoot 01 at Hellerup Beach 13 March 2012. 

Capturing a subjective viewpoint for the kinaesthetic and affect. 

All stills from the shoot may be seen at our Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.343972575654564.100171.278531612198661&type=1