Huang Yi & KUKA -- Fall 2015 Artist-In-Residence
Residency Activity Opportunities
Purdue Convocations
Yi has choreographed a work with a KUKA industrial robot that is thought-provoking in its explorations of human-robot relations, the ways that precision, power and code interface with emotion, movement and meaning. It is also an opportunity to see an industrial robotic arm used in so many manufacturing contexts (e.g. cars) in action.
Huang Yi is scheduled for several lecture/demo sessions in Loeb Theater, which are open to all interested students and faculty.
Huang Yi is scheduled for several lecture/demo sessions in Loeb Theater, which are open to all interested students and faculty.
What:
Huang Yi & KUKA
Choreographer/inventor/technologies Huang Yi combines dance, technology, mechanical elements, and visual components to create Huang Yi &KUKA, a work poetically links industrial technology and performing arts with stunning precision and artistry. Paired with Bach and Arvo Pärt, music and sounds transform the seemingly avant-garde idea into an emotional and thought-provoking journey. With a sense of serenity and surrounded by melancholic atmosphere, this work examines the nature of human and machine interaction and the human and technology relationship in the modern world.
This work is full of potential for interdisciplinary discussions, including philosophical and sociological considerations, aside from the obvious art, design, dance, and STEM-related aspects.
Artist info:
Teaser/promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7moBSpAEkD4
Convocation website: https://www.purdue.edu/convocations/event/huang-yi-kuka/
When:
Residency Activities:
During the following times, the artist will lead a lecture-demonstration featuring an excerpt of the full performance. This will be followed by ample opportunity for students to participate in a Q&A with the artist. These sessions are open to classes and students from multiple areas of study with the rich possibility for interdisciplinary discourse. Faculty are welcome to invite their classes to attend this experience instead of their regular class, to use any of these sessions as an alternate to a regular classtime, or to attend this in addition to a regular class session. There is no admission chargefor these residency sessions, but we do request that you make a reservation (see contact info below).
Tuesday, October 6: Loeb Playhouse/Stewart Center
· Lecture/Demonstration #1 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
· Lecture/Demonstration #2 from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Wednesday, October 7: Loeb Playhouse/Stewart Center
· Lecture/Demonstration #3 from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
· Lecture/Demonstration #4 from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Public Performance
Thursday, Oct 8
· pre-show discussion, 7pm, STEW 206
· performance, 8pm, LOEB PLAYHOUSE/Stewart Center; reserved seat tickets available at STEW box office orwww.convocations.org
· NOTE: special ticket discounts for the public performance are available for students when a faculty member integrates the performance into a syllabus or curricular activity. For more info: https://www.purdue.edu/convocations/collegiate/
Contact:
Kathy Dietz (kathydietz@purdue.edu) or Laura Clavio (lzclavio@purdue.edu)
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