Research Blog 1

I was surfing online to the processing website to search up some codes to do the network exquisite corpse. I stumbled upon the ‘Body Navigation’ project on the exhibition section on the first page.
It reminded me of Merce Cunningham’s dances that incorporated videos. I liked the way the dancers can interact with the piece and with other dancers. The music follows well with the movements in the piece. The piece incorporates many different visual effects to keep the people watching interested. I found myself mesmerized by the piece. I watched it a few times just to catch all the little details. The floor looked like the screen in processing with the effects that can be coded like having lines or shapes follow the mouse. It gave me a little bit of inspiration towards what to do for my coding in the networked exquisite corpse assignment. The impact may not be as strong as the giant floor that is being projected as the screen. The way the piece flows with the music is very inspirational. The piece does not add sound just to show off to make the world know they can put sound into it. The music helped create the perfect atmosphere for the dance and the performance with the screen on the floor.
It is related to the class because of the way the piece deals with “networking”. The piece requires many different technologies using a network to make it work. The dancers are networked to make the dance piece work without major problems.