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1. I Am A Chain Reaction
8 months ago
Concept:
Dana Gingras, Amit Pitaru, James Paterson

Programming & Animation:
James Paterson & Amit Pitaru

Choreography:
Dana Gingras

Dancers:
Dana Gingras & Sarah Doucet

Music:
Roger Tellier-Craig modifying The Knife.

This is an excerpt from 'I Am A Chain Reaction' which is one of seven works that make up the dance/animation/programming hybrid project, Smashup.

Smashup is the outcome of an ongoing collaboration between artists James Paterson & Amit Pitaru ( Insertsilence ), and dancer/choreographer Dana Gingras ( Animals of Distinction, The Holy Body Tattoo ). Smashup premiered in its complete form, an hour long performance, at the Festival Transamérique in Montreal in the summer of 2008.

Others involved in I Am A Chain Reaction are:
Dancer Sarah Doucet (the other being Gingras herself).
Musician Roger Tellier-Craig (of Fly Pan Am & Godspeed You! Black Emperor) who modified the song 'Bird' by swedish band 'The Knife'.
Visual artist Jeremy Felker who helped create the animated vignette that is present in the full 10 minute incarnation of the work.

The software component of I Am A Chain Reaction is projected from above and running live during the performance. This is a raw video recording from above and involves no compositing.

related sites:

James Paterson:
( presstube.com , insertsilence.com, bitforms.com )

Amit Pitaru:
( pitaru.com , insertsilence.com )

Dana Gingras:
( animalsofdistinction.org , holybodytattoo.org )

Sarah Doucet:
( facebook.com/people/Sarah-Doucet/586001829 )

Roger Tellier-Craig:
( cstrecords.com/bands/fly-pan-am , brainwashed.com/godspeed )

The Knife:
( theknife.net )

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159 Likes

  • pan bagna 8 months ago
    You're a genious graphic designer, i've seen all you art work on your website. Amazing work !
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  • Charles Huettner 7 months ago
    i really liked the part with the circles
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  • Howard Quin 7 months ago
    only 2 comments!? cannot even begin to imagine how much programming this must have taken. Amazing detail and choreography!
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  • Shawn Knol 7 months ago
    Amazing! Love the execution on this.
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  • Marek Plichta 6 months ago
    Really great. Perhaps my favorite work done by you.
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  • irina 6 months ago
    Amazing! Something special! Really unique!
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  • Dima Boulad 4 months ago
    I've seen this at Offf 2009 in portugal.
    since then ive never stopped looking at it again and again!
    Genius !
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  • tristandacunha plus 3 months ago
    Really impressive experience!
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