Information Overload explores how we as a society relate to technology. This piece was created as a Master’s thesis in digital media and brought together different departments of Drexel University including Digital Media, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Music Industry and Performing Arts. Information Overload explores opportunities in which digital media can be incorporated into a modern dance performance. The piece includes animation, projection on fabric, real time video filtration and motion capture. Click here to see photos from the performance.
“Lauren Mandilian choreographed Information Overload to first-rate music by John Avarese and Matthew Baker. She also created splendid animation with letters falling like rain down the screen and architecturally dissecting lines. Five dancers did their turns nicely until a fatal error message appeared on the screen. In this dance there were no errors.”
- Merilyn Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer
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Lauren thought you thesis presentation was excellent, i really enjoyed watching it.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:30 pm[...] I first witnessed this when a graduate student in my major chose to do her thesis project on the integration of dance and technology. She choreographed a piece for the 2007 spring concert which has a blending of live dancing, projected pre-recorded dancing, projected live dancing, and projected animations/video. The performance can be viewed on her website here: http://www.mandilian.com/portfolio/information_overload. It was a great idea and there were some really nice elements to it. [...]
January 28th, 2009 at 2:07 am