Visual Chi
Extract from Tai Chi Revelations
The slow overcoming the fast.
According to the principles of mechanics, centrifugal force is most effective because it comes from the centre. If we consider a wheel of a three feet radius with a foot radius shaft in the centre, when the wheel shaft turns 45 degrees, the inside wheel only turns through a circular distance of less than 4 inches. The external wheel will travel through a circular distance of more than a foot. Therefore, there is a ratio of 1:3. For three turns at the centre, the outside wheel turns one revolution. Hence using the waist as the centre, applying the same principle using "time dimension", the distance travelled in a second at the centre will cause the circumference to travel a greater distance. In the above example, it would be three times the distance. The Tai Chi Chuan classics emphasise using the waist like the shaft of a turning wheel, which follows the principle of the slow overcoming the fast.
Visual Chi: My minor projet is a test for controlling projected shapes and motion via the movement of a Tai Chi Player. This will be a 3 minute live performance with 1 person on a stage filled with a projector throw.
The difference between this and many other performance driven projection visuals is that the movement is "internal", that is it comes from the hips not from the periphery of the body. The Player's force will be shown with a combination of "spheres" emanating from the centre of the body as well as a meteoric particle system representing the Player's energy being whipped out and pulled into the body, the particles will move as if affected by a gravity of the bodies' centre, or system of 3d cogs controlled from the bodies' centre (the Tan Tien).
This will be a combination of performer driven visuals and sound as well as VJ direction/ control.
The setting for the performance is a stage with a single performer and a projector with a large, strong throw covering the stage.
We begin in darkness, suddenly very bright and chaotic forms cut into the peace: text, images, static, all moving and squabbling for attention. Amongst the commotion it is hard to even make out the still figure centre stage. The audio is a loud jumble of everyday noises, commercial media and white noise drones.
The figure remains still and grounded, this calm grounding begins to emanate from him as a cool dark colour, slowly running out like water over the ground. As the calm intersects with the noise it is sometimes moved away and other times pierces the calm, but, as it does so it is caught in a waterfall of relaxation and drops away.
The cool darkness fills the stage, within it form dark moving, rotating shapes, like oil in water or Van-Gogh's Starry Night sky. The Noise sounds are gradually replaced by a calming bass hum.
A sphere in the figure's Tan Tien gets brighter, many spheres echo out all with the same orbiting pattern being multiplied out in all directions. Like ripples on still water.
The figure begins to move, performing a simple Chi Gong breathing exercise, the yang pushes up from the earth as the yin relaxes down from the crown. There will be half seen lines from the crown and feet, showing the head being light and the feet being heavy. The energy ripples move driven by the movement of the Tan Tien as is the sound which pulsates to the timing of the breath/ movements.
The figure will perform some actions from the Yang 24 Form, demonstrating the major Tai Chi energies, as he begins to move ripples continue to echo out, as the force becomes directed some of the ripples coalesce and become a particle ball, like a meteor. This represents the figures intention, as he pushes out the particles become 'hot', as he draws in they 'cool', sound is also affected depending on the intention (perhaps suction and pushing sounds).
The performance ends when he again performs the raise and lower hands movement, as he does the movement echoes around him, everything rising, everything sinking, becoming dark, fade to black.
Visual Chi: My minor projet is a test for controlling projected shapes and motion via the movement of a Tai Chi Player. This will be a 3 minute live performance with 1 person on a stage filled with a projector throw.
The difference between this and many other performance driven projection visuals is that the movement is "internal", that is it comes from the hips not from the periphery of the body. The Player's force will be shown with a combination of "spheres" emanating from the centre of the body as well as a meteoric particle system representing the Player's energy being whipped out and pulled into the body, the particles will move as if affected by a gravity of the bodies' centre, or system of 3d cogs controlled from the bodies' centre (the Tan Tien).
This will be a combination of performer driven visuals and sound as well as VJ direction/ control.
The setting for the performance is a stage with a single performer and a projector with a large, strong throw covering the stage.
We begin in darkness, suddenly very bright and chaotic forms cut into the peace: text, images, static, all moving and squabbling for attention. Amongst the commotion it is hard to even make out the still figure centre stage. The audio is a loud jumble of everyday noises, commercial media and white noise drones.
The figure remains still and grounded, this calm grounding begins to emanate from him as a cool dark colour, slowly running out like water over the ground. As the calm intersects with the noise it is sometimes moved away and other times pierces the calm, but, as it does so it is caught in a waterfall of relaxation and drops away.
The cool darkness fills the stage, within it form dark moving, rotating shapes, like oil in water or Van-Gogh's Starry Night sky. The Noise sounds are gradually replaced by a calming bass hum.
A sphere in the figure's Tan Tien gets brighter, many spheres echo out all with the same orbiting pattern being multiplied out in all directions. Like ripples on still water.
The figure begins to move, performing a simple Chi Gong breathing exercise, the yang pushes up from the earth as the yin relaxes down from the crown. There will be half seen lines from the crown and feet, showing the head being light and the feet being heavy. The energy ripples move driven by the movement of the Tan Tien as is the sound which pulsates to the timing of the breath/ movements.
The figure will perform some actions from the Yang 24 Form, demonstrating the major Tai Chi energies, as he begins to move ripples continue to echo out, as the force becomes directed some of the ripples coalesce and become a particle ball, like a meteor. This represents the figures intention, as he pushes out the particles become 'hot', as he draws in they 'cool', sound is also affected depending on the intention (perhaps suction and pushing sounds).
The performance ends when he again performs the raise and lower hands movement, as he does the movement echoes around him, everything rising, everything sinking, becoming dark, fade to black.
1. The opening of the form: raise and lower hands, this is how I see the energy field growing out from the centre, the field grows out in ripples and moves in a liquid motion directed by the centre.
Dark oily shapes move around the stage pushed out by the player's energy.
2. Ward off, Peng or pushing energy, the energy is represented by moving particles, mass, 'heat' and brightness flare at the zenith of the hit..
The force is then pulled back into the players centre.
At this time I am unsure how achievable this "internal" drive will be, but I will know within a couple of days.. stay tuned for more technical updates
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