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Life Forms [presentation by Merce Cunningham and Thecla Schiphorst].

Title
Life Forms [videorecording] : [presentation by Merce Cunningham and Thecla Schiphorst].
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Schiphorst, Thecla.
  • Wexner Center for the Arts.
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (43 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Merce Cunningham and Thecla Schiphorst discuss Life Forms, a software program for a three-dimensional human animation, which Schiphorst developed and Cunningham used to aid his choreographic process. The recording begins with a video showing samples of Life Forms animation, and an explanation by Schiphorst of the program's features. Cunningham speaks about his experience using Life Forms and its advantages for choreographers. Schiphorst discusses upcoming developments to the program and technical aspects of its design. Schiphorst and Cunningham respond to questions from the audience, discussing the movement vocabulary available in Life Forms and how it might influence the relationship between choreographers and dancers. This presentation was part of a celebration of Merce Cunningham at the Wexner Center, including the presentation of the Wexner Prize.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Genre/Form
Video.
Note
  • Second part of title supplied by cataloger. Title from original container: Wexner Prize: Life Forms.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in May 2005.
Biography (note)
  • The Wexner Prize, first awarded in 1992, is presented annually to a major contemporary artist in any artistic field who has been consistently original, influential, and challenging to convention. In 1993 the prize was awarded to Merce Cunningham and posthumously to John Cage, who died on Aug. 12, 1992.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-486
OCLC
NYPG05-F11249
Title
Life Forms [videorecording] : [presentation by Merce Cunningham and Thecla Schiphorst].
Imprint
1993.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Speakers: Thecla Schiphorst, Merce Cunningham.
Event
Videotaped at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in May 2005.
Biography
The Wexner Prize, first awarded in 1992, is presented annually to a major contemporary artist in any artistic field who has been consistently original, influential, and challenging to convention. In 1993 the prize was awarded to Merce Cunningham and posthumously to John Cage, who died on Aug. 12, 1992.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local Subject
Life Forms (Computer program)
Computers -- Dance applications.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
Schiphorst, Thecla. Speaker
Wexner Center for the Arts.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-486
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