{"id":3132,"date":"2022-08-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=3132"},"modified":"2022-08-03T20:13:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T20:13:41","slug":"%f0%9f%92%83-strings-by-clemence-debaig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=3132","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc83 “STRINGS” by Cl\u00e9mence Debaig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week Cl\u00e9mence Debaig<\/strong> brought her latest performance\u2014STRINGS\u2014to the Escapade Escape Arcade<\/a>, a creative exhibition featuring experimental games and alternative controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cl\u00e9mence Debaig<\/strong> performing STRINGS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

STRINGS is an interactive performance inviting the audience to control the movements of the dancer through networked wearables. It explores themes of agency, control and bodily autonomy. And it was presented in person in London for the first time!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cl\u00e9mence Debaig<\/strong> performing STRINGS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The idea was born as a final project for Physical Computing 2<\/strong>, a taught module strongly connected to the MA Computational Arts<\/a>, which explores creative ways to use electronics for alternative controllers, installations and performances.<\/p>\n\n\n

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At the time, Cl\u00e9mence was still a student on the course, and had performed STRINGS online due to the pandemic. Now Lecturer & Senior Research Assistant at Goldsmiths, Cl\u00e9mence Debaig<\/strong> is also running her own dance company called Unwired Dance Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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