HEYING.
POETIC ASSEMBLAGE
GROUP (20%)
TASK
This assignment is required to observe and document bodily movements of the Choreographic dance with Ethnographic Drawings – plan and elevation movement mapping - in other words. The meanings of the dance shall be understood through reading but, more importantly, to be made sense of through the observation and drawing processes.
A form-making process is introduced to achieve the creative outcome of the project A Choreography-Informed Envelope for A Bodily Conscious, Affective, Expressive and Experimental Flagship Construct for a Pas de Deux.
Task A:
DRAWING: CHOREOGRAPHIC ETHNOGRAPHY
1:20 / A3 landscape
The Making Process:
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The Native Culture-informed Contemporary Dance
Quick Research & Study
Choreograph
Record & Documentation
THE OUTCOME: Drawings: Choreographic Ethnography
Additional: GIF
Select the dance genre and choreographer: Traditional Chinese Inspired Contemporary Choreography
Understand the cultural background and meaning of the dance
Create the dancer/ choreographer’s NINE-GRID based on average body dimensions on the floor, then dance the dance within it.
The marking should consist of,
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Nine-Grid (scale 1:20)
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The ‘Pause/ Suspension’ position
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The ‘movement traces/ paths’
Make SIX (6) plans and SIX (6) elevations at scale 1:20 – Drawings: Choreographic Ethnography on Tervakosi papers in A3 landscape format.
Scan all the TWELVE (12) sheets of Drawings and export the drawings as GIFs (1s for each drawing sheet)
Task B:
A CHOREOGRAPHY-INFORMED ENVELOPE
A Bodily-Conscious, Affective, Expressive and Experimental Flagship Construct for a Pas de Deux
1:50 / A2 portrait
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Bodily-Conscious Form Mapping
From Form to Space and Content
Precedent Studies
The Outcome
Nodes > Line – On the 81-GRID model, connect the sticks/ nodes with thin wires to make a continuous line of the documented/ observed body movement
Nodes > Plane > Form – Add planes to the lines to volumetrically connect the dance (and movements) into a single volume build-form that corresponds to a selected Design Principle and Order – Linear / Concentric
The Form - A structural flagship construct of a build-form and an ideation construct of a manifestation from the ‘experiencing’ and ‘knowing’
The Space - A poetic assemblage for dancers to incorporate 2 dancers interacting / noninteracting
The Content (purpose) - For a bodily-conscious, affective and expressive pas de deux dance
2 Case Studies focusing on Poetic Spaces
1 Site Visit reflection writing, including pictures, notes and sketches taken at site, to relate to the book reading of any relevant chapter from The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses and answer these questions
Orthographic Drawings
All final drawings MUST be orthographic line drawings manually producedat the scale of 1:50, presented on ONE (1) A2 portrait watercolour paper
Abstract Model
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Hand-made neatly
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Have an A2 MDF base
Final Outcome
In a group of 5, models designed for collective efforts in research and knowledge sharing; and for individual bodily-conscious inspiration, affective experience, expression and experimental design process.
- 12 seconds GIF
- Task 1A’s 12 drawings (The NINE-GRID 1:20)
- Task 1B’s 2 Orthographic Drawings
- Abstract Model (The 81-GRID 1:50)
- Photos of 3D models
- Sketches
- Sketch Models
- Precedent Study Journal (individually)
