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Octave
In 2004, I created "Octave," a solo composed using DanceForms 1.0 technologies, which premiered at Dansapce Project/St. Mark's Church. To accompany the live choreography, I collected five thousand used MetroCards which were deposited (by twelve assistants) into the pulpit of the church during performance. These cards created an alarming audio-visual activity in the space, providing both a moving decor flying through the air, and a musical reverberation falling to the floor. I also recreated Marcel Duchamp's "Bicycle Wheel" (made of MetroCards), motorized by hand during the performance. Not only is the wheel one of the earliest technological innovations, but working with digital choreography software often points toward "readymade" movement, and the legacy of Duchamp.
Jonah Bokaer
Jonah Bokaer (Ithaca, NY) is a contemporary dance graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts, and is a current member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. While studying Visual & Media Art at The New School University he began exploring choreographic software, and has developed several digitally-created choreographies that address the moving body in relation to contemporary technology. These works have been exhibited widely throughout the United States and abroad, to great critical acclaim. Bokaer is also the founder of "Chez Bushwick Studios," an interdisciplinary arts studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
