Awkward Moments Series III was a three hour multi-disciplinary live installation and performance initiated by Mimi Xu and co-developed between twelve volunteer student artists from Oberlin’s Studio Art, Cinema studies, Dance, and TIMARA departments at Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory. Divided into six groups, each team was given specific artistic mediums, chapters and musical keys, and encouraged to collaborate as a means of altering fields of perception.
The three hour multimedia scenographic journey was divided in six installations providing the viewer with a unique type of synaesthetic experience. It resulted from the interaction of each medium – the dancing body, music, moving image, and poetry. A combination of projected moving image transformed the stage by giving it new kinetic dimensions. Underpinned by a six opus soundtrack, each chapter was "activated" for 30 minutes, goes on passive mode once finished, allowing the audience to experience the chapter visually even if they missed the active mode period. Awkward Moments Series lll is a work in progress with Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory, where together with the students, the creative possibilities of this nature continue to be explored.
Awkward Moments Series III was joined by collaborator and creative producer Anna Senno and Oberlin student team was directed by Peter V. Swendsen.
Oberlin student artists include Natty Baker Salisbury, Tory Eichler, Dante Giramma, Gabriel Hawes, Mobey Irizarry Lambright, Griffin Jennings, Margaret McCarthy, Lena Rich, Tian Yoon Teh, MicaelaPirzio Biroli, Georgiana Johnson, Owen Ellerkamp.
Special thanks to: Andrea Kalyn, Michael Straus, Tim Elgren, Shane Davis, Kyle Hartzell, Abby Aresty, Marjorie Gold, Danielle Hinrich, Thea Boyd, Xuemeng Han Sarro, Albert Yaying Xu, Conservatory Audio TIMARA Department
The three hour multimedia scenographic journey was divided in six installations providing the viewer with a unique type of synaesthetic experience. It resulted from the interaction of each medium – the dancing body, music, moving image, and poetry. A combination of projected moving image transformed the stage by giving it new kinetic dimensions. Underpinned by a six opus soundtrack, each chapter was "activated" for 30 minutes, goes on passive mode once finished, allowing the audience to experience the chapter visually even if they missed the active mode period. Awkward Moments Series lll is a work in progress with Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory, where together with the students, the creative possibilities of this nature continue to be explored.
Awkward Moments Series III was joined by collaborator and creative producer Anna Senno and Oberlin student team was directed by Peter V. Swendsen.
Oberlin student artists include Natty Baker Salisbury, Tory Eichler, Dante Giramma, Gabriel Hawes, Mobey Irizarry Lambright, Griffin Jennings, Margaret McCarthy, Lena Rich, Tian Yoon Teh, MicaelaPirzio Biroli, Georgiana Johnson, Owen Ellerkamp.
Special thanks to: Andrea Kalyn, Michael Straus, Tim Elgren, Shane Davis, Kyle Hartzell, Abby Aresty, Marjorie Gold, Danielle Hinrich, Thea Boyd, Xuemeng Han Sarro, Albert Yaying Xu, Conservatory Audio TIMARA Department