Today we talk about experience doing the provocation from Digital Performer and Artivist, Sahar Sajadieh.  

Listen to the original episode here: https://anchor.fm/artifpodcast/episodes/Episode-10-Art-ifyour-body-is-obsolete--With-digital-performance-and-media-artivist--Sahar-Sajadieh-eghmao

Provocation (#artifpodcast):

Soundscape of Our Daily Rituals:

1.  Think about 3 activities/rituals that you do every day or in a regular basis during the week (e.g. Brushing your teeth, walking, …).

2.  Pay attention to the following 5 Viewpoints* in each (daily/weekly/frequent) ritual:

-tempo

-duration

-repetition

-spatial relationship

-topography

*For more info about Viewpoints technique, see this webpage: https://dramatics.org/understanding-viewpoints/

3.  Experiment with each of the 5 viewpoints**—one by one—and push the limits of each:

-tempo (e.g. very fast, extreme slow-motion, alternative pace, …)

**Feel free to explore other physical and vocal viewpoints in the exercise as well.

EXTRA CHALLENGE #1:

4.  Record the sound of your ritual when doing this exercise. You can use an audio recorder of your choice (e.g. your phone’s voice recorder app, any field recorder, contact mic, …). You can place it anywhere you wish (on the table/object, in your pocket, in your hand, …). Record one or many soundtracks of each ritual. Make a folder and save all the audio files there. You can invite your friends, roommate, partner, and so on to do the exercise with you. You can also share your folders with one another, or with everyone who is doing this exercise using the Google Drive folder made for this exercise, and listen to the soundscape of each other’s daily rituals.

EXTRA CHALLENGE #2:

5.  Use Audacity or GarageBand (or any other sound editing software application) on your computer and compose a musical piece/audio artwork, using any of the soundtracks of your and/or others’ rituals. Your final composition can be of any length and structure that sounds good to you.

Sahar Sajadieh is an Iranian-Canadian digital performance & media artivist (artist/activist) and scholar. Her background is in Experimental Theater, Computer Science, and Performance Studies. Sahar has recently completed her PhD degree in Media Arts and Technology at UCSB. Sahar’s research lies at the intersection of interactive performance/media arts, human computer interaction (HCI), and performance/media theories. She designs and develops technologies that support emergent human rituals and interactions, and simultaneously study the human experience while interacting with various kinds of new media. She is interested in the application of digitally-mediated interactivity, immersive environments, and virtual and robotic embodiments in live performances (or public venues) as a means for storytelling, poetic expression, and socio-political intervention. Her research focuses on what constitutes liveness in live performances, and how it can be replicated with technology. Her works have been presented in many international digital arts symposia and human-computer interaction conferences, and theater and performance Studies and interdisciplinary studies conferences. In addition to her digital artwork and research, Sahar has also acted, directed, and worked as a dramaturg in several theatrical productions in New York City, Vancouver, and Santa Barbara.

http://www.saharsajadieh.com/

http://www.instagram.com/sahar.sajadieh