"On the art of murmuration"

Premiered at “Raw&polished” Tanzzentrale of the Nürnberg Region on the 21 of October 2018

 

Other showings : Acker Stadt Palast in Berlin 9th July 2019; CompanyHAA Festival

 

“ON THE ART OF MURMURATION is inspired by birds behavioral phenomena called a murmuration, exhibited when hundreds of starlings, fly together in the sky. It is presumed, it is a way of birds to protect themselves from predators, who get frightened by an ever-changing shape of the block and its unexpected way of moving.  Annika and Justyna recreate this phenomenon by working with 'invisible dancers’ and by following the research of Craig Reynolds, who in 1986 developed Boids Algorithm. An artificial life program that simulated swarms behavior, used, among others, by Disney to animate ants. The complexity of the performance arose from 3 simple rules applied to every individual involved in the group, which are: separation, alignment, and cohesion.”

 

Performce: Annika Dörr & Justyna Kalbarczyk    Costumes and Light design: Justyna Kalbarczyk

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Duration: 9 minutes