e-book Waterwheel World Water Day Symposium 2014 – 3WDS14
New Article: Water e-Motion:
Transformative Views, published in Water Views: Caring and Daring – Waterwheel
World Water Day Symposium 2014 – 3WDS14
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Abstract
This paper discusses a few films in which
images of water, dance and movement play a key role and generate
transformative views. It explores and reflects on poetic depictions of water
that heralded a transformation in art and consciousness, and screen-based
images and technology which can induce empathy to water creatures and
sensitivity towards the ways water is being perceived, treated and shared. The
exploration builds on Maya Deren’s seminal theory of the ritualistic form in
film, and the relevance of ritual in media activism online as theorized by Gene
Youngblood. It is also supported by research of kinesthetic empathy, with
special reference to empathy stimulated through watching dance in films and
movement choreographed for the screen. On this basis, I identify a common
aesthetic trend that underlines depictions of extinction through water from
Hiroshima to Fukushima. I analyze the formal style and demonstrate the crucial
role of recent visuals and approaches undertaken by artists, scientists, and
activists jointly involved in transforming and equalizing humanity’s
relationship with water and the environment, e.g., The Dolphin Dance Project.
Further account is provided on the interrelations of film, ritual, activism and global interactivity online based on my creative experiments entitled Water
e-Motion.
The article can be accessed via the
link to chapter 3. Activism, Art & Science - projects catalysing change at many
levels
As a guest author, Lila Moore wrote an
Overview on a number of presentations on Art, Activism and Science. The
Overview can be accessed via the link to chapter: 3. Activism, Art & Science - projects catalysing change at
many levels
She also wrote an Overview on
Performance that includes the networked performances: Metamorphosis by
Atefeh Khas, Ebb & Throw by Bonnie Hart, and The Empress Tears
by Pegi Marshall-Amundsen and Suzon Fuks.
The Performance Overview can be
accessed via the link to chapter 8. Performance
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