Synchronous Objects

Synchronous Objects is a joint project of choreographer William Forsythe and Ohio State University's Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) and the Department of Dance.

The website Synchronous Objects was launched on April 1st and aims to create a new set of data visualisation tools for understanding and analysing the underlying structures and relationships of Forsythes ‘one flat thing:reproduced’. Forsythe is interested in how choreographic ideas might be expressed other than through the body.

At the 'choreographic objects' seminar in Sadlers Wells on April 25th Forsythe stated that this project aims to participate in the production of knowledge 'could dance be in the same realms of science in terms of knowledge production?'. The objects presented on the website focus on the making processes to be read and accessed by others not to suggest principles for making. The object comes out of making it is not intended to guide making. Synchronous objects articulates a questioning process that others can access, he suggests that dance could be discussed in terms of pattern and organisational principles.

Doug Fox on his site offers some useful information about his progress through the site.

Once I have digested the website which is going to take a long time I then intend to use this site as a key example within the video section of my research.















Watch the introductory video on the OSU website where the Synchronous Object project is discussed.

notations21

I recently bought this book on line, I hope to use it as a key example in the sound/audio category of my practical enquires. Notations 21 taps into themes such as how composers communicate effectively with performers through the styles of their musical notations, and how these notations engage listeners even when they have no knowledge of what the notations look like. I haven't got my hands on it yet but it seems to draw a number of connections with William Forsythe's Synchronous objects http://synchronousobjects.osu.edu/

"Notations 21 is a modern compendium and anthology, deriving its inspiration from Cage's seminal work. Thousands of new composers are creating scores, the likes of which Cage could have never anticipated, that are graphic in nature, liberated from the traditional staff, and rival the best visual art in their aesthetic value. The modern music world did not cease its innovations in the 1960's. It will profile the work of 165+ composers from around the world, each one using a unique or graphical notation style."