PhD in Biomechanics. Movement artist. Knitter. Tinkerer. Thinker. Coffee drinker.
Chicago, IL
Joined December 2012
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More press for DisFest! Which my collaborator Andy Slater describes as a “big, big, day of disability pride and joy”. Interact with some augmented reality at our tech workshop, then YOU tell US what possibilities there are for accessibility & creativity!
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DisFest, a FREE & accessible celebration of artists & performers with disabilities, is happening this Saturday 11am-6pm at Chicago Cultural Center! Check out our interactive workshop with a body tracking sound app for accessibility and creativity.
newcitystage.com/2023/07/19/… – at Chicago, IL
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The inaugural DisFest, a free celebration of accomplished artists and performers with disabilities, comes to the #ChicagoCulturalCenter this Saturday, July 22!
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Extended Play | Companion Publication of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference - in the Arts Exhibit at @acmdis2023 at @CarnegieMellon noo! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35637… – at Pittsburgh, PA
'Extended Play' - an augmented reality and motion tracking dance work for vinyl records - is at @acmdis2023 this week as an interactive exhibit! Check out the Arts Exhibit Thursday 12-6pm and Friday 12-4pm at @CarnegieMellon Cohon Studio Theater. #dis2023 – at Pittsburgh, PA
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Preview videos are now live on the conference program:
programs.sigchi.org/dis/2023…
And YouTube Playlists
Papers and Pictorials: youtube.com/watch?v=-qivmZn3…
PWIP: youtube.com/watch?v=-db-c4FE…
Demos: youtube.com/watch?v=E7aEWZ0z…
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The Dance Studio Residency continues June 24-26 with Tango 21 Dance Theater, Christopher Knowlton & Silvita Diaz Brown! See demos of physically integrated tango techniques, 3D multisensory tools + a complete draft of the project "Ellas Y Yo: Juana Ines".
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ALT Dancers perform in the studio wearing long, flowy skirts
ALT A speaker speaks to a microphone with 3D technical equipment attached to their body
ALT Two dancers perform together, one kneeling on the ground and another sitting in a wheelchair
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Apply for a fully-funded PhD in Movement and Computational Creativity, to work with me at Tallinn University, in the scope of the @modina_eu project. Application deadline: 29/June. More info: tlu.ee/en/dt/applying-phd-sc… Feel free to PM/email me if interested.
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As part of the MODINA project, co-funded by the EU @europe_creative, we're opening a call for five 8-week artist residencies in dance & technology, for multidisciplinary duos, in late 2023/early 2024 (DE,EE,HU,RO,SI). Deadline for applying: 24/May. Info: modina.eu/news/call-modina-r…
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Join us Tuesday, April 11 in the Dance Studio for a work-in-progress showing and Q&A session with Robyn Mineko Williams + artists as part of our Dance Residency Open Studio Series!
@SeeChicagoDance
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ALT 2 dancers raise their arms under shadowy lighting
Many thanks to @HolyBarbie for the @chicagoreader feature on our Open Studio last week at @ChiCulturCenter! – at Chicago, IL
"This year the Dance Residency Open Studio Series showcases performances that may change how you perceive dance." via @Chicago_Reader
Next free, public event is TONIGHT 3/23 with artist Jean Wildest!
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Join us this Thursday at 6pm as @TheJeanWildest conducts a showing and audience feedback session of their newest work — part of the spring/summer Dance Residency Open Studio Series.
6pm - mask required
6:40pm and 7:05pm - mask optional
👇
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ALT A dancer performs wearing pink, green spandex in front of a glittery background
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Tune in live right now for Chris Knowlton's open session at the Dance Studio! @chriskdance
youtube.com/watch?v=NAP1kLwT…
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We'll see you this Tuesday at 6pm with Chris Knowlton at the Dance Studio! Knowlton + team's session will include 3D multisensory tool experiments and more!
FREE in-person:
bit.ly/3yNoCDb
Or catch the livestream:
bit.ly/3LaUTLL
@chriskdance
ALT A performer types at a machine while their digital avatar is displayed on a screen
Had such a wonderful time guest lecturing at @artschoolisu about motion capture! Many thanks to @kineticatat for bringing me to @IllinoisStateU and to Greg Corness for both their amazing hosting. Excited to strengthen Illinois creative movement and computing landscape!
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Join us Tuesday 3/14 at 6pm in the Dance Studio!
@chriskdance and his team will be showing early experiments with three-dimensional multisensory tools for networking dancers together through digital means. A talkback will follow.
👉 bit.ly/3Y8N9g4
@ChicagoDCASE
Week 3 in residence at the Chicago Cultural Center. Glimpse more wacky experiments in networked digital dance at our Open Studio Tues March 14th 6-7/7:30pm in the Dance Studio of @ChiCulturCenter as part of @ChicagoDCASE's Dance Residency Open Studio Series.
Thrilled to be in this cohort as a @ChicagoDCASE 2023 Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Resident Artist! – at Chicago, IL
Introducing the NEW Dance Residency Open Studio Series!
Resident dance artists & orgs from all over the city will be creating new work + providing FREE public events in the newly-floored Dance Studio.
Excited for this first cohort of dancemakers!
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My baseball paper looking at impulse generation for each leg in baseball pitching is now open access! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @Biomec_Baseball @sportsbiomechj – at Manhattan, NY