The figure is a vivid, surreal distillation and expansion of Jones' original motions. It appears to be a highly mobile, rich line drawing suspended in space, its movement unhinged from the constraints of gravity. It felt like me moving, but I was disembodied. Uncanny is the right word to describe the new artistic vocabulary that helps create the poetry of the eight-minute virtual dance. Watching the figure as it spins, dips, then replicates is mesmerizing.
Audiences typically leave in a state of astonishment, wondering what it is they've just seen.
That was the revelation for me when I saw these reconstructed forms that were lines in space using my movement. It has the impact of live dance with the extra punch of seeing the unreal happen. Ready or not, this virtual dance form opens up a whole new realm of artistic exploration, not to mention imagination. Both works rely on human performers to create fragments of motion that Kaiser and Eshkar digitally edit into new forms. So far, the reviews and feedback have been positive, despite the huge challenges involved in capturing and translating the complexities and nuances of human movement via computer.