#corporeal computation

[cheungrachel]

CORPOREAL COMPUTATION 2017 | PERFORMANCE | by RSY CHEUNG

Curated by Felice Moramarco Exhibited at Enclave Projects, London, UK as part of Artlicks Weekend and Deptford X Goldsmiths Art Fund

[cheungrachel]

CORPOREAL COMPUTATION 2017 | PERFORMANCE | by RSY CHEUNG

Curated by Felice Moramarco Enclave Projects Artlicks Weekend Deptford X Goldsmiths Art Fund

[cheungrachel]

Corporeal Computation (2017) is a performance by Rachel Cheung that displays a series of constructed and deconstructed choreography through muscle memory and Tabata interval training. The body communicates through a sequence of gestures, linear, stop and start movements that are built upon repetition at timed intervals. After each repetition the body generates a new movement based on where the muscles want to flow next that creates a computation like pattern. Influenced by a popular form of body training, the Japanese Tabata, that works on a 20/10 cycle to maximise the body’s performance limit. This mathematical structure puts the body to the physical test as it goes through high intensity and endurance whilst allowing muscle memory to generate new body movement. The body algorithm is guided by cellular memory in the muscle tissue rather than the human mind. The Corporeal Computation is the extension of non-neuronal intelligence, whilst the machine-like receptive gestures trains the human body that brings about the new ecological paradigm in both nature and technology. Curated by Felice Moramarco https://twitter.com/felicemoramarco https://failingmachines.tumblr.com/