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| Tulips and Oysters Cross Arts Theatre Although 'work proper' began for Tulips and Oysters at the start of 2005, the seeds of this cross arts theatre group were planted back in 2000 when two of its members met and worked together for the first time. Kate Wilson studied fine art in London and was working as a visual artist and performance artist in County Leitrim at a time when Cathal Roche had decided to take some time out of the Dublin jazz scene to develop his own work. Kate and Cathal began their first cross arts improvisation work at this time whilst continuing to pursue their separate careers in art and music. The addition of dance artist Aideen Mulcahy and saxophonist Nick Roth at the beginning of the year provided the momentum to bring the group towards its first performance. Nick and Cathal had by then been joint members of three of Irelands most innovative contemporary music ensembles; Fuzzy Logic, the Kai Big Band, and the RISE Saxophone Quartet, and were playing together on a regular basis. Aideen started working with Kate in dance theatre and performance in 2004. At the end of 2004 Aideen and Kate started work as a duo. Tulips and Oysters debut performance at the Factory Performance Space is an example of the groups innovative and fresh approach to dance, music and visual art installation. Landscapes Series Landscapes Series is a series of short explorations inspired by the landscape and oral history of south Sligo. Each episode is an improvised and composed conversation between music and dance woven with live recording, interactive music, video projection and installation. Redirected : Phenomenology of Feminine Body Motility In 2006 I was contacted by the Computer Science Department at Warwick University, concerning the development of an interactive facility for artists for multi-camera motion capture. At Warwick forty-eight video cameras have been installed in a studio with each camera linked to it's own computer. Systems for both dynamic object manipulation and viewpoint manipulation are being constructed for use at this studio. I believe the ways the feminine body typically conducts itself in purposive orientation towards things and it's environment is revelatory of the structures of feminine existence. I am going to develop a series of movement studies exploring the relationship of intention and action in feminine bodily motility. These studies will be used as ground material in the creation of a performance work for film.The studio for multi-camera motion capture at Warwick University will be of unquantifiable use in deepening the potential of my research in feminine body motility, as well as expanding the possibilities of new media presentation of the work.
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| Artist as Traveller, 2004 | Living Spaces, 1995 |
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