In Communicado
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Short Description

Dance movements by 4 dancers with small speakers attached to their bodies creates dynamic soundscapes and represents human communication. Moving images on the dancers and in their shadows adds profound intensity to their movement. In Communicado is inspired by a metaphorical image of people having spiral shape larynxes which flicker on their skin to produce a sound. They sing using their body movement in the air. Their unique way of communication evokes in audiences' minds possibilities of multimodal understanding that complement and amplify human communication.

In Communicado is created as a part of 3D:Dancing in Digital Domain concert at Meany Hall at May 2006 as a result of collaborative efforts between DXARTS and Dance department at the University of Washington.

Credits
Eunsu Kang
William "Pete" Moss
Rhonda Michelle Cinotto

Dancers

* Special Thanks to
: Concept, Visual system design and installation, Video
: Concept, Sound system design and production, Audio
: Concept, Choreography

: Amanda Drummond, Candice Ryu, Erika Claasen, Stephanie Ames

Richard Karpen for warm supports and Donald Craig for the idea of mobile sound system.
Photos
Visual System
In the concert, two video loops were projected, one from the rear of the hall over the entire stage, and the other from behind the hanging screen. Two lights located at the front and the back of the hanging screen. Two lights and the rear projection were designed to draw spiral patterns in the dancer's shadow. The other projection was applied to the whole stage in order to tie up all components such as the hanging screen, dancers and the space.
The original design of this system is for the spiral pattern video to only be visible in the dancers' shadows as I achieved in the previous tests.
Sound System
For the communication theme, a system using small iPods and a custom speaker rig is developed to make dancers the source of the sound. This had the advantage that each dancer have their own ‘voice’ on stage and affect the spatial quality of the sound with their movements. Because of the limited volume and range of the sound output, vocal and breathing sounds as the basis for all the sound material are carefully chosen to maximise the use of the limited frequency range and to further the communication theme. (petemoss.org)