[NetBehaviour] Online Performance Practice short course opportunity

[Suzon Fuks]

Dear Johannes,

Thank you for your concerns and asking about my work. I started a new
artistic adventure during the pandemic, which includes artist books,
wearables and a performance, ‘Be Like Body–Obsolete’, presented at 3 online
international festivals. It is a reflection about obsolescence, technology
and ageing. I stripped down discarded electronic devices and created a
galaxy with this e-waste, which had at the centre a closed space consisting
of 8 iMac shells, in which I performed. I made a video, to which Annie and
five other writers responded. Their texts were recorded and mixed into a
soundtrack that informed my performance. Some excerpts here:
https://suzonfuks.net/be-like-body-obsolete-4 as well as links to reviews,
downloadable e-book with the poetry, which can be also listened to.

Now, I am developing a new installation REVEAL, which will be activated by
scheduled live art performances, daily guided meditations open to the
audience, who will also voice at times their views, manipulate ‘hands-on’
the electronic parts, creating new galaxies and constellations. The
metamorphosis will be filmed and photographed from above, and projected in
realtime on one wall of the venue. I am also experimenting with new
techniques for the wearable.

With the creation of robots, AI and the Internet of Things, our bodies are
becoming outdated. While we are researching and quantifying how human
brains function, acts of assembly highlight how our senses, perception and
creativity are what differentiates us from our machines and makes us unique
as humans.

The pandemic emphasises/ed how coming together is necessary. If the
Internet gives a possibility to ‘assemble’ our fragmented and ‘isolated’
lives, we still need to delve into the knowledge of our bodies, and our
relationships with each other and the natural world.

As the Internet becomes increasingly economically-driven and mono-cultural,
it is important to see which demographics are being ‘discarded’ first, with
unequal and changing implications pertaining to specific abilities, gender,
race, age, acquired disease or privilege. The multilingual aspect of REVEAL
highlights the wealth of various cultures, promotes acceptance and makes
space for culture and language inclusivity, destabilising the primacy of
English.

voila in a nutshell.... :)
I hope to be able to present it in various places soon. Suggestions are
welcome!

sending love,


Suzon


On Sat, 7 May 2022, 01:44 Johannes Birringer, <
Johannes.Birringer at brunel.ac.uk> wrote:

> dear Suzon
> I was alarmed to read your post about the floods in your area, and the
> increasingly catastrophic effects of climate change,
>   and of course the political instabilities, the wars, and ongoing refugee
> crisis in this world we live in, it is incredibly
> disheartening. And work?  Please tell us more about 'Be Like
> Body-Obsolete'..
>
> best wishes
> Johannes Birringer
>
> ________________________________________
> From: NetBehaviour <netbehaviour-bounces at lists.netbehaviour.org> on
> behalf of Suzon Fuks via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
> >
> Sent: 06 May 2022 14:28
> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
> Cc: Suzon Fuks
> Subject: [NetBehaviour] Online Performance Practice short course
> opportunity
>
> Oh, great Annie, that all the selling, packing, moving, fall into place!!!!
> Must be a relief!
>
> Enjoy your in between.... liminal period..... ;-)
>
> Here, we have been told to be prepared for a third flood, next week! The
> entire East coast is going to have a "weather event". I can't imagine our
> friends and family in Lismore, particularly,  going through that again...
> they still didn't recover from the previous floods, just cleaned more or
> less their houses, for those which are still standing. The town looks like
> a warzone. Main streets and CBD completely abandoned, with buildings ready
> to collapse.
> A few thousands of people homeless, refugees at some friends' houses that
> are on hills, displaced in hotels, some in caravans. No work anymore, no
> way of cooking, wowwwww...  this is just the beginning of climate change
> consequences!
> And.... as the icing on the cake, we have elections in 2weeks.
>
> So I have been busy cooking for people and now volunteering for the greens
> to prepare the elections. Crossed fingers!
> In between, I am trying new things to make wearables, soldering, and
> developing new installation and performance possibilities extending 'Be
> Like Body-Obsolete'.
> Let see... one week at a time, one day at a time.... bzzzzz Sz
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 10:15:31 +0200
> From: Annie Abrahams <bram.org at gmail.com<mailto:bram.org at gmail.com>>
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> Nice Suzon!
> Good luck!
> I hope you are fine!
>
> I don't know if I told you already, but our house has been sold. We will
> leave here August 15, will be without domicile fixe for two weeks and then
> take "possesion" of our house in the Netherlands. Big changes.
> Because we are not that far now, we profit from our time left here to go
> and visit Portugal for a few weeks. (leaving in a bit more than 1 week)
> Although worldwide things are bad - very bad - things for me are ok even
> exhilarating, enjoyable so far. Of course moving will be stress but before
> ...
>
> All the best Suzon
> hugs
> Annie
>
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>
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>
> On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 11:39 PM Suzon Fuks via NetBehaviour <
> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org<mailto:
> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I will be part of this great short course on online performance, being
> > offered by Queen Margaret University.
> >
> > Helen Varley Jamieson, Karla Ptacek, course leader Bianca Mastrominico
> and
> > I will share our decades of experience.
> >
> > 6 Saturdays beginning 21st May.
> > More info below. Cheers.
> >
> >
> > Suzon
> > +61439929028
> >
> > http://suzonfuks.net | http://igneous.org.au | http://wetlandwander.net
> >
> > I acknowledge the country, culture and traditional custodians of the land
> > upon which I walk, work and live, the Turrbal and Jagera peoples.
> >
> > It takes 12000 litres of water to make 500 grams of chocolate!
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Mastrominico, Bianca <BMastrominico at qmu.ac.uk<mailto:
> BMastrominico at qmu.ac.uk>>
> > Date: Thu, 5 May 2022, 02:52
> > Subject: Online Performance Practice short course opportunity
> > To: SCUDD at JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:SCUDD at JISCMAIL.AC.UK> <
> SCUDD at jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:SCUDD at jiscmail.ac.uk>>
> >
> >
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >
> >
> > Please find below information on the Online Performance Practice short
> > course at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, which I am running on
> > Saturdays from 21st May to 25th June together with digital artists Helen
> > Varley Jamieson <https://www.creative-catalyst.com/> (UpStage, Creative
> > Catalyst), Karla Ptacek <https://www.artificialstage.com/> (Artificial
> > Stage) and digital ?artivist? Suzon Fuks <https://suzonfuks.net/>.
> >
> >
> >
> > We are delighted to deliver digital skills in online performance making
> > for emerging and established artists in Scotland and beyond.
> >
> >
> >
> > The course content includes the pioneering practice of cyberformance
> > <http://www.cyberformance.org/> developed by Jamieson, who will be
> > working on the newly revamped UpStage platform <https://upstage.org.nz/
> >,
> > improvisation and devising on Zoom through Digital HotSpot training
> > developed by my company Organic Theatre
> > <https://www.organictheatre.co.uk/>, hands on sessions on the ?quirky
> > parts of Zoom? with Ptacek and working with Fuks on how to navigate
> > networked performance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks to Scottish Funding Council support places are FREE for anyone
> > living in Scotland, aged 25 or over and who meets at least one of the
> > criteria below:
> >
> >
> >
> > -unemployed or at risk of redundancy
> >
> > -self-employed and working within the creative and cultural industries
> >
> > -employed by a Scottish arts, cultural, hospitality, tourism, or events
> > organisation
> >
> >
> >
> > The course can be attended entirely online, if desired.
> >
> >
> >
> > Link below for more details and the application form (*please note change
> > of date from the course webpage)
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/continuing-professional-development-cpd-courses/cpd-courses-folder/online-performance-practice/
> >
> >
> >
> > I?d be grateful if you could spread the word to anyone interested!
> >
> >
> >
> > Very best wishes to all,
> >
> >
> >
> > Bianca
> >
> >
> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Bianca Mastrominico (she/her/hers)
> >
> > Lecturer in Drama
> >
> > Programme Leader BA (Hons) Performance
> > <
> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate-study/2022/baba-hons-performance/
> >
> >  & MA Digital Performance
> > <
> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate-study/2022/ma-digital-performance/
> >
> >
> > Media, Communication and Performing Arts
> >
> > Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
> >
> > Email: bmastrominico at qmu.ac.uk<mailto:bmastrominico at qmu.ac.uk>
> >
> >
> >
> > ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-7247
> >
> > Associate Member of Centre for Communication, Cultural and Media Studies
> > <
> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/research-and-knowledge-exchange/research-centres-institutes-and-knowledge-exchange-centres/centre-for-communication-cultural-and-media-studies/
> >
> >  @QMU
> >
> > Practice Research Projects: Flanker Origami
> > <https://www.organictheatre.co.uk/flankerorigami/> and Digital HotSpot
> > <https://www.organictheatre.co.uk/home/>
> >
> >
> >
> > Recent articles:
> >
> >
> >
> > Bianca Mastrominico (2022) Bodies:On:Live ? Magdalena:On:Line,
> International
> > Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 18:1, 196-199, DOI:
> > 10.1080/14794713.2022.2028340
> > <https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2022.2028340>
> >
> >
> >
> > Mastrominico, B. & de Roza, E., (2022) ?A Shift Towards Digital and
> > Participatory Performance Practice Post-Pandemic?, *Body, Space &
> > Technology* 21(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/bst.8047
> >
> >
> >
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> > Blogs:
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> >
> >
> >
> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/campus-life/blogs/bianca-mastrominico/towards-an-ecology-of-becoming-digital-performance-research-under-covid-19/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/campus-life/blogs/bianca-mastrominico/live-or-alive-a-reflection-on-performance-practice-in-pandemic-digital-times/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.qmu.ac.uk/campus-life/blogs/staff-dr-rebecca-finkel-bianca-mastrominico/cooking-up-a-storm-discussions-about-decolonisation/
> >
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