[NetBehaviour] Online Performance Practice short course opportunity

Alan Sondheim sondheim at gmail.com
Sat May 7 14:39:31 CET 2022


Dear Suzon Fuks,

I hope I'm not intruding; I just wanted to say your work is incredibly
powerful and mesmerizing (the videos which I've been watching).
And a minor comment, I don't think the net is becoming mono-cultural, just
the opposite, but that's a long discussion, a long meditation in itself.

Best, Alan, and thanks for your work here -

On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 8:31 AM Suzon Fuks via NetBehaviour <
netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:

> 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 becoming outdated.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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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>>
>> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
>>         <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org<mailto:
>> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>>
>> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Online Performance Practice short course
>>         opportunity
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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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Blogs:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> 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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