4 Tuesdays, August 3 – 24, 10:30AM-12:30PM PDT
Take your theme to the next level – into performative ritual and video document as an artistic keepsake.
In this workshop, we will look at the relationship between movement and video to expand our experience of combining artistic mediums for self-expression. We will take materials that you have generated from work done in other Tamalpa classes as a foundation for our multi-media explorations. These could include any of the following:
- A body part drawing from Natan’s Body Mapping Series
- A Self-Portrait drawing or performance from Daria or Natan’s Self-portrait workshops or the Level 1 Training
- A movement piece developed in Joy’s performance workshops
- A Singing Body piece created in Dohee’s workshops
We will use movement, writing, drawing, hands-on camera work, and editing to explore the technical and creative aspects of making a movement video. The process of learning will be collaborative while the projects will be individually based.
As directors of these videos, we will look at how we shape our viewers’ experiences through the use of composition, timing, framing, editing, and storytelling. We can bring our audiences into close intimate spaces of our lives, and invite them into beloved environments surrounding us. The stage can be flexible and changing, the view microscopic or vast.
*Note: The bulk of our explorations will be experimenting with the intersections between the technology, movement, drawings, and writing. The more material (themes, intentions, drawings, writings, scores for dances) you have prepared ahead of time, the more material you will have to work with. This class has homework and will require time outside of class to capture video and experiment with the editing programs.
A digital video camera (camera phone /DSLR /camcorder /computer camera, etc. Doesn’t have to be fancy). A computer. We will be using free video editing software to be downloaded after the course begins. Please prepare a comfortable space to move in with access to your online device and a reliable internet connection. Also, have art supplies ready at hand for drawing activities, and paper and pen for journaling and creative writing exercises.
Shape Shifting by Lisa Cochran
Iu-Hui Chua is a physical performance devisor, choreographer, and a video-art maker. Her award-winning dance films have been screened in California, New York, and internationally at the Athens Digital Art Festival and toured throughout Europe with the Videoholica Art Festival. In 2003 she started studying with Anna Halprin, and since then has performed some of her seminal works as well as taught for her as an associate teacher. She has also been a resident artist with CounterPulse, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Peñasco Theater, and Djerassi.
PLEASE NOTE: After paying via PayPal below, you will automatically be directed to a Zoom Meeting Registration Page. You must complete the information on the Meeting Registration page in order to receive your Zoom link for the class. If you do not receive an email from Tamalpa Institute Workshops with your Zoom link, please email Workshops at Tamalpa at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the workshop.
Payment
$80/series
Registration for this series is closed.
Deadlines:
- Registration closes an hour and a half before the start of the first class.
- Refunds will only be given if cancellation is received at least 48 hours before the start of the first class.
