tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38644188.post5562154832937362941..comments2023-06-26T06:30:22.555-07:00Comments on Machine Time/Time Machines: Slaves to the MusicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38644188.post-44829080144761970892007-04-29T23:22:00.000-07:002007-04-29T23:22:00.000-07:00While you felt that the dancers were, in a sense, ...While you felt that the dancers were, in a sense, slaves to the music, I felt the music was more of an accompaniment to a freedom of expression. Throughout the pieces, I wondered where the inspiration for center moves, like viciously stirring the elbow in circles, came from. I think there is a big difference between the punctuality that is essential in putting on a good show and the performance of a montonous job. I felt that the dancers put on the show as a direct result of their passion for dance. The obligation of and involvement in a factory job seems to be a very different process.Ifan Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837537558812420525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38644188.post-81305778073907571242007-04-28T20:10:00.000-07:002007-04-28T20:10:00.000-07:00when you were talking about the conversation that ...when you were talking about the conversation that the person was having with the person in the tv, I thought that the person in the tv could hear what was being said in the actual auditorium because i think they aimed to talk to each other while not occupying physical space. By the person being on the tv, she is able to be at a completely far off place and still "be present" at the auditorium. Because part of being present is also being able to hear what is going on, I thought that the person on the tv could hear what the person who was actually at the auditorium was saying into the microphone.Shyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672263503689715437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38644188.post-61673824642735765042007-04-23T01:44:00.000-07:002007-04-23T01:44:00.000-07:00"such as the part when the dancers went behind scr..."such as the part when the dancers went behind screens and hid while a video of them dancing was played"<BR/><BR/>I was told that all the projections that we saw were live feed from either Hearst Mining or Illinois. I really did think that it was a video of the person who's laying on the ground, but I guess not. <BR/>----<BR/>As for different "acts", were the 5 performances suppose to be related? I think they were stand-alone.<BR/>----<BR/>I was actually confused on what "The Reception" was trying to say. Based on the follow-up Q&A, it seemed like they were all interested in the technology. Yet, I thought the play was trying to criticize (perhaps warn us?) this sort of relationship between people. The failing of the TV screen while trying to go somewhere together showed the unreliability of this technology. The comparison between two dancers dancing together and the sole dancer that had an obvious void as he held on to the air was very intriguing - the whole sequence I was comparing the two "pairs", and trying to fill in the void. It was interesting how the sole dancer performed the same dance as the couple, but he switched several times who he was mimicing. <BR/><BR/>Same void was shown when the dancers molded the figure of the main dancer - reminding of Nauman's peice where he's presense was shown through the mold, but he physically removed himself and created the present emptiness of himself.Alex Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16908682971276161513noreply@blogger.com