Interactive Dance dvd, 2004
Emotions in Man – an interactive dance, is a light-hearted dance on dvd. The viewer participates in the piece by deciding, which of five basic emotions – joy, sorrow, anger, love or fear – to give to the dancer.
Should one give the dancer more and more sorrow, or suddenly plunge him into the throes of love? The viewer decides, and in so doing determines how the piece evolves.
The viewer must participate in the piece. If she/he does not make a choice about the dancer’s emotions, the dancer gets fed up, leaves the screen and so the piece ends.
Shall we dance?
Emotions in man has been shown as an installation in: Shanghai Media&Dance Exhibition, China 2010, Vernissage-Danse, Montreal, Canada 2009, Dans Över Gränsen Exhibition, Dansens Hus, Sweden 2009, Culture Night, Dansens Hus Oslo, Norway 2008, Samsung Exhibition Centre, South Korea 2007, Woking Dance Festival, England 2007, Children’s Play – Nordic Design Exhibition, South Korea 2006, Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition 2006, Austria 2006, Neverland Rome Media Art Festival, Italy 2005, Interferenze 05 Contemporary Arts Festival, Italy 2005, Video Dance 2005 Festival, Greece 2005, Gallery 100 Degrees, Iceland 2005, MoA Festival, LUME, Finland 2005, View05 Festival of Finnish Media Art, Finland 2005, Monaco Dance Forum, Monaco 2004, Moving in November Festival, Kiasma, Finland 2004, ISEA Tallinn seminar, Estonia 2004.
The piece was made possible through the kind support of the Arts Council of Finland’s subcommittee for Media Arts and AVEK Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture.