Maho Ogawa
community collaboration project 2020
[Prosthetic Gesture
(from nation called Japan)]
Prosthetic Gesture (from nation called Japan)[1] RESEARCH
For the first half of the semester, I researched on several notation systems and archives about body movement, choreography, and dance.
- Archive for body movement: archive for folk dance, NYPL, Eshkol-Watchman Movement Notation (Israel)
- MotionBank Archive Report : The Forsythe Company
[2] REMIX CREATION
For the remix project, I remixed Prof. Alex Juhasz's VHS collection into a performance:
[3] Researching / Collaboration / Creation
Title [Prosthetic Gesture (from the nation called Japan)] (working title)
For the final project, I'm researching and creating an archive of gestures in Japanese films and create a digital performance with my collaboration partners.
Final project concept and planning: DigitalMethodology Report
Archive: Archive of Gestures
Process: Archiving Japanese Gestures in films:
[rehearsal process]
Maho Ogawa's Rehearsal Process
