SILVER VENUS REDUX with Alumna Andrea Spaziani

Alumna Andrea Spaziani is  proud to announce that SILVER VENUS REDUX will go live this SATURDAY, 23 MAY 2020 starting at 3pm EST. It will be set against a cinematic landscape by filmmaker Alejandro Fargosonini who's been working with the Silver Venus archive footage. It will also include voices of the former cast members with the addition of Megumi Kokuba and Devon Snell.

This research has led to some wonderful opportunities coming up this year: a Chalmers Arts Fellowship from the Ontario Arts Council to continue research on literary choreographic scores, and a project grant from the Canada Council for the Arts' Digital Strategy Fund which I will use to create an Ambisonic Dance Simulator with the Mikutech Software Development Company and the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind). Together, we will create software that records and mixes the 3D sound of a solo dancer. When these recordings are played back, the dancer’s movements can be 'visualized' by the listener, giving the sound of the human body an enhanced spatial presence. The software will mediate between choreography and its transmission to an audience that is inclusive of populations who are blind or visually impaired, serving to build upon existing access technologies.

In many ways, SILVER VENUS REDUX is a first step in using ambisonic technology to craft a choreography made for ears.

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A festival pass will give you access to SILVER VENUS REDUX as well as 11 days of programming by artists who've been persevering to find new ways to connect and share, until we may once again convene in a live performance setting and openly swap our energy and germs.