Website Impersonations: The Ten Most Visited is a Live Performance Series choreographed by Web code. In these ten performances the "character" of a Website is embodied by (a) performer(s) who translate(s) the site's HTML code, which is fed in from the Web "on the fly", into movements. In the earlier works I performed by myself: The movement instructions I was to follow derived from the html-movement-library, an online database of user-submitted movement suggestions. In the recent performances the code is first interpreted by a solo-dancer into new movements, then, these movements are described in short sentences by the (live) audience or myself and saved into the library, to be reused on stage for the other dancers and performers to follow. The html-movement-library is part video-based / part text-based. Website Impersonations: The Ten Most Visited were performed within three years - from 2006 to 2009. |
#2 - www.google.com The last part in the series was shown at: Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY on October 3, 2009 |
+5 Dancers/Performers |
#3 - www.live.com Performed at "studios on view", New York City, on June 6, 2009 |
+4 Dancers/Performers |
#8 - www.facebook.com Performed at "Theater of Code", curated by Christiane Paul for Light Industry, Brooklyn, New York, on March 3, 2009 |
+3 Dancers |
#1 - www.yahoo.com Shown at Performance Mix Festival, LMCC Swing Space @ Seaport, New York City, on April 5, 2008 |
+3 Performers! |
#7 - www.msn.com Shown at Performance Mix Festival, LMCC Swing Space @ Seaport, New York City, on April 4, 2008 |
+2 Performers! |
#10 - www.orkut.com Shown at Performance Mix Festival, LMCC Swing Space @ Seaport, New York City, on April 3, 2008 |
+1 Performer! |
#4 - www.youtube.com Performed at Upgrade!Berlin Event, Galerie Tristesse Deluxe, Berlin, Germany on September 20, 2007 |
Tube in the face! |
#5 - www.myspace.com Presented at medianoche during the exhibition of the html-movement-library installation, East Harlem, New York, on May 12, 2007 |
Audience Partakes! |
#9 - www.howstuffworks.com Performed at "studios on view", New York City, on June 10, 2006 |
Premiere! |