This work was created as my BA dissertation.
Impulse Response is an interactive performance
installation, combining live electronic sound, video projection and dance
performance. All these elements were created collaboratively and are
structurally interdependent on each other. They are grouped together into six
themed ‘events’ which could be performed in any order. The sequence of these
events is dictated by the movement of the audience over a floor pattern, who
are in turn dispersed and displaced by the dancers’ actions. Each event has a
very specific reference attached to it, derived from the emotional resonance
and physical qualities inherent in various landscapes and seasons. The
interdependency of all the elements in the installation is a conceptual
reference to ecosystems, climate change and human impact on the environment.
The audience may experience the performance as a game, or set of random events,
yet these have an underlying order or structure - much like nature itself.
There is also a dissolving of boundaries between audience and performer as both
are in the same space and in close proximity, each affecting the other’s
behaviour and experience. The audiences role is challenged, as they are
assimilated into the environment they are incident upon.
