SLOW
DANCE RECYTTAL is a live music video animation performance that takes
place in a stage set of giant glowing inflatable jems. It is a flight
through densely forested playgrounds and underground caverns that reveals
a microcosm of tender creatures foraging and being foraged. Moving between
experimental digital, traditional hand drawn and photo animation it follows
the stream-of consciousness perspectives of a shape shifting character
on a hypercolor quest. The projected animations are set to a soundtrack
of electronic melodies accompanied by live clarinet and bass guitar.
SLOW DANCE RECYTTAL originated at Carnegie Mellon University In Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania from a mutual interest in alternative animation, narrative
music composition, installation and performance art. As individual artists
coming from different backgrounds we each devote specialized talents to
create our collective style. However, our strongest link is that we are
all storytellers and animators playing with over-the-counter digital media.
Christopher Doulgeris is the wizard of vector harmonies. He is the
primary musical composer, combining electronic melodies with live clarinet
tones. Animating predominantly in Flash he is also the illustrator of
our main character.
Cassandra C. Jones
obsessively collects and streamlines thousands of found photographs from
every source imaginable to create curiously life-like motion. Her photo
animations blend into the fabric of SLOW DANCE RECYTTAL to become multiplistic
creatures of the forest. She is also the primary set designer and builds
giant glowing inflatable structures for the stage.
Peter Burr, a Motion Graphics Raster Master, devises and develops
all of our visual compositions. Using a combination of found footage and
handmade images he creates the anatomy and mystique of the animated landscape.
Alongside Paloma Medina, he also designs and constructs costumes for the
show.
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