Phase 4: Animating XITY Prototypes

November 2020 - Present

Phase 4: XITY Prototype (Live) : Project

RQ4: How can the artists and performing bodies animate prototype apparatus (inspired by kinetic sculptures), in order to invoke a reflective space for us to (re)discover different facets of our unique city-inhabitant relationships?

Working towards the live presentation of XITY's artistic inquiry, conceptualiser Matthew Goh sought to fabricate several artistic prototypes for presentation. After several rounds of conceptual discussion, movement exploration and experimentation with materials drawn from Phase 2 explorations, the artistic team began to single out the following prototype apparatus to be animated by performing bodies for public sharing, which you will witness over the courseo f the 45-minute presentation:

mapping-x

XITY Prototype 1

Conceptual development, materials and movement in animating the prototype apparatus of "mapping-x".

navigating-x

XITY Prototype 2

Conceptual development, materials and movement in animating the prototype apparatus of "navigating-x".

identifying-x

XITY Prototype 3

Conceptual development, materials and movement in animating the prototype apparatus of "identifying-x".

observation-x

XITY Performer Reflections

Unable to view the performers' written reflections due to safe-distancing measures?

Fear not!

You can now read the archives of each performer's written reflections for the XITY Live Presentation (Fri 29 Jan - Sun 31 Jan 2021). Archives to be uploaded in between shows.

Key References

Literature Review

Identifying key practitioners, concepts and thinkers informing Phase 4 of XITY artistic inquiry. Featuring pioneer of modern architecture Le Corbusier and Deyan Sudjic's "The Language of Cities"