It was about this time two years ago that I sat in The Garden Center for a first meeting with Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus of LoVid (a New York-based multimedia duo), and Matt Towers (a Hartford-based ceramicist). It was the start of a multiyear collaboration with LoVid at the helm, Real Art Ways acting as matchmaker, and the Rauschenberg Foundation as major funders. The motivating theme has been proxemics …
the study of the nature, degree, and effect of the spatial separation individuals naturally maintain (as in various social and interpersonal situations) and of how this separation relates to environmental and cultural factors
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Since that time, together we’ve begun to craft an immersive environment where the implications of public space, social space, personal space and intimate space could be explored. The role of movement is always a challenging thing to define in the context of interdisciplinary collaborations. How do I assert the power and integrity of the art form serves as more than an ornamental supplement? When tasked with developing a new work for students in the Five College Dance Department this fall, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to delve into the topic from a movement base, to begin to define the rules of engagement in this world. The result of this early movement experiment for Reaction Bubble will be performed on the weekend of February 12-14 at Hampshire College, and again the following weekend at Smith College. Here’s a little trailer drawn from rehearsal footage …
Reaction Bubble trailer from Scapegoat Garden on Vimeo.
