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Virtual Crossings Melbourne - Geneva -Auckland

Brown, C ; Jobin, G ; Chiu, V ; Beckwith, M ; Liu, Y (TrakLAB, Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, University of Melbourne & Cie Gilles Jobin, 2021)

How do we build choreographic systems for dancing with those we cannot touch? In a world in which the medium of a mask and the interface of a screen are omnipresent, touching at a distance becomes a choreographic problem. Developing tools to navigate a touchless habitat engages actions of crossing thresholds - between physical and virtual, distant and near – from the perspective of cellular bodies hardwired for touch. Virtual Crossings is a network of artists engaged in cultivating distant touch through remote collaboration. Initiated by Cie Gille Jobin Geneva, this inter-disciplinary network engaged partners in Melbourne, Geneva and Auckland for simultaneous remote performance and research through a virtual architecture embodied through motion capture technology. Virtual Crossings mobilises soma-technic states as new spaces for dance to travel safely and with minimal impact.