Aveiro within us: Sensorial walk with real time live video composition

Abstract

TEPe (Technologically Expanded Performance) is a research project that aims at the qualification of urban experiences, through the negotiation of different times in the city, assuming the capacity and deceleration of rhythms; in this way, it seeks to appreciate heritage, assuming the tensions between the material and the immaterial. For Artech, this project proposes a workshop in the format of a sensorial walk. A workshop which helps us to discover the city of Aveiro, to get to know it using the body and technology, and to recognize ourselves through our experience in the city. The aim is to produce a reflection about ourselves-energy, ourselves-movement, in flux, promoting a dialogue between-bodies - within the crowd - and materials - moving and inert -. For that purpose, we will use the act of walking, stopping, listening and feeling, with the help of technology to create a performance/debate. Rooted in the rambling tradition of Surrealism and drifting and psycho-geographic practices of Situationism, this type of walk allows us to rediscover the senses and uncover hidden or disguised dimensions of space, the acoustic environment, and its inhabitants. In synchronous times and departing from different places in the city, several groups of walkers will start sensorial explorations of the city by heading towards the conference venue. During the duration of the walk (one hour), one member of the group (the VJ) will be in a room of the conference space with a video projector. During the walks, the walkers will share their experience to this VJ, who will assist an automated visual and audio performance in real time generated from the elements sent. Once the groups have arrived at the room, they will discuss their experience with the audience.