Shannon Cuykendall – On | Off the Grid (trailer) by School for the Contemporary Arts

Shannon Cuykendall – On | Off the Grid (trailer) by School for the Contemporary Arts

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On | Off the Grid (trailer) Shannon Cuykendall Created by Shannon Cuykendall in collaboration with Sydney Bluck, Nicole Dreher, Desiree James, Sarah Kennedy, Natalia Martineau, Myah McCarthy, Taylor Noel, Alexandra Pickrell, Roya Pishvaei, and Bronwyn Pollock. Music: Monorail by Monobor Artwork and Visual Effects created with Steve DiPaola's 'AI Painterly Modules' and Shannon Cuykendall and Ethan Soutar-Rau’s 'On | Off the Grid PoseNet Experiments.' Video Editor: Lara Abadir In On | Off the Grid, I question the use of a grid as an organizing structure in the design of many technologies, everyday functional objects, and most recently a prominent layout for online dance classes and performances. The repetitive linear design of many human-made grids contrasts with the repetitive, spiral patterns often seen in nature. The grid is not just a visual element apparent in these everyday technologies and objects, but a structure of thinking that frames our beliefs and societal structures. To create this work, dancers collaborated with AI systems that transformed their movements into poetry, paintings and grids. Regardless whether the grid is visible, all of these technological systems utilize a grid in their design principles. In this time of quarantine, many of our collaborations and connections with others are mediated by digital and AI technologies. AI is not human, but human biases and beliefs are incorporated in its creation and they become much more explicit when we see from the perspective of an AI system. In this work, I explore with the dancers how our interactions with these technologies shape our understanding of ourselves and each other. Shannon Cuykendall is a dance artist and researcher who lives and works in Vancouver, Canada on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Shannon is a PhD candidate at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts + Technology and explores the transmission of dance mediated by technology. In 2017 she launched A Performer’s Perspective, an online interactive documentary that translates three dancers' experiences. Shannon received her MFA in Dance (2011) from UC Irvine. Her choreography and interactive installations have been exhibited and performed in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. shannoncuykendall.wordpress.com | performersperspective.movingstories.ca Premiering December 4, 2020 6PM (PT) Interleaving: SCA Repertory Dancers Go Digital RSVP Online: https://www.sfu.ca/sca/events---news/events/interleaving.html Interleaving: SCA Repertory Dancers Go Digital Artistic Director: Shannon Cuykendall Choreography by: Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Shannon Cuykendall and Emmalena Fredriksson Dancers: Sydney Bluck, Nicole Dreher, Desiree James, Sarah Kennedy, Natalia Martineau, Myah McCarthy, Taylor Noel, Alexandra Pickrell, Roya Pishvaei, Bronwyn Pollock Music by: Sebastián Ortiz Cruz and Philippe Pasquier

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