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op hand (virtual version)
op hand is 9 acts exploring symmetry and entropy, some acts pre-choreographed, -composed, -instructed, other acts more spontaneous with guidance at time of performance. Amy Stacey Curtis's vision is to eventually present this work as originally conceived, in larger scale and in person, the audience participating with the more spontaneous events. Curtis produced and documented this virtual version of op hand from her studio in Lyman, Maine, presenting its acts and other programming throughout June 2021.
Watch op hand's ACT ONE
I invited choreographer Anthony Bounphakhom to create a symmetrical dance, such that these pre-choreographed dancers would try to mirror each other. "Breath" is the result.
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Watch op hand's ACT TWO
The same dancers performed Anthony Bounphakhom's same choreography from ACT ONE, but this time I asked the dancers to wear noise cancellation headphones and to begin facing away from each other.
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Watch op hand's ACT THREE
I invited spontaneous participants to move together as symmetrically as possible, to do what the other does as if looking in a mirror, each pair moving differently. They could make movements "as big or small as they wished" so long as they didn't move the chairs.
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Watch op hand's ACT FOUR
I invited spontaneous participants to count from 1 to 60 without using a clock or timer, to each count out their perception of 1 minute while wearing noise cancellation headphones and facing away from each other.
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Watch op hand's ACT FIVE
I invited spontaneous participants to start metronomes simultaneously, the participants moving as symmetrically as possible, each metronome set at the same tempo.
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Watch op hand's ACT SIX
I pre-instructed participants to build a symmetrical installation I had pre-conceived, the participants moving as symmetrically as possible.
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Watch op hand's ACT SEVEN
I invited spontaneous participants to unbuild the symmetrical installation I had pre-conceived, the participants moving as symmetrically as possible.
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Watch op hand's ACT EIGHT
I invited composer Philip Carlsen to create symmetrical music, such that the pre-composed musicians would try to mirror each other. "Able was I" is the result. However, for ACT EIGHT I asked the musicians to play the piece wearing noise cancellation headphones and facing away from each other.
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Watch op hand's ACT NINE
I invited composer Philip Carlsen to create symmetrical music, such that the pre-composed musicians would try to mirror each other. "Able was I" is the result.
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Watch recorded Artist Talk by Amy Stacey Curtis
Amy Stacey Curtis discusses her art practice since completing her 18-year solo-biennial project and becoming disabled by brain injury, all in the context of symmetry.
Watch recorded Panel Talk with Amy Stacey Curtis and choreographer Anthony Bounphakhom
Amy Stacey Curtis and choreographer Anthony Bounphakhom discuss collaborating for ACT 1 and ACT 2
Amy Stacey Curtis, Patricia Brace, Amanda Painter, and other participants discuss collaborating for ACT 3 through ACT 7
Watch recorded Panel Talk with Amy Stacey Curtis and composer Philip Carlsen
Amy Stacey Curtis and composer Philip Carlsen discuss collaborating for ACT 8 and ACT 9
op hand is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, and supported by a grant from the Artist's Resource Trust (Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation).
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