Portfolio - John Crawford

This is a chronology of projects by John Crawford, indexed by year completed. To see a selection of current work, visit the Projects page. Also see the Image Galleries page.

Media & Performing Arts Projects

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1991-99

Z-Dance (2009)

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A live interactive video exhibit sponsored by Zeum, a multimedia arts and technology museum in San Francisco. Responding directly to visitors and their motion, Z-Dance creates visuals and sound sequences that influence the ways people move, and and allows them to record their performances.

Tubae Mundi (2008)

A dance film animation inspired by mandala patterns used in cultural traditions around the world, presented at the United Nations and other international venues.

Dance-IT (2008)

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A live interactive video exhibit sponsored by San Francisco Ballet, where visitors dance with professionals to create dance videos that become a permanent part of the exhibit. Participants interact with dance sequences on the screen, then record themselves dancing along.

Synchronicities (2008)

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A telepresence performance with dance, music and video staged simultaneously in California and New York.

Something to Do with Love (2008)

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A dance/media performance.

Tango de la Mujer Gris (2007)

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A dance/media performance staged at Auditorium Marianum, Perugia, Italy.

Stuck in a Coma with Eyes Wide Open (2007)

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A dance/media performance staged at Auditorium Marianum, Perugia, Italy.

Angelitos Negros (2007)

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A new dance film version of Donald McKayle's renowned dance solo for the stage, originally performed in 1972.

Songs at a Distance (2007)

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A collaborative telepresence performance with interactive dance, music and video, staged simultaneously in California and New York.

Urban Fabric: Beijing (2006)

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An interactive dance/media performance commissioned by Beijing Dance Academy.

Ootoo (2006)

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A interactive telepresence dance/media performance staged simultaneously in Northern and Southern California, öötöö used the Active Space system to connect a dance concert on the UC Santa Cruz mainstage with dancers in the eMedia Studio at UC Irvine. öötöö (pronounced "ooh-too") observed the life of the dreamer, investigating ways in which fragments from our day can get reassembled during sleep, sometimes in strange and unpredictable ways.

Running Shards (2006)

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A dance/media performance commissioned by France's National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris.

A Passing Shadow (2006)

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A dance/media performance commissioned by Bergen College.

Urban Fabric: Paris (2006)

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A dance/media performance commissioned by France's National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris.

Masque of the Red Death (2006)

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A dance/media performance.

Urban Fabric: Prague (2005)

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An interactive dance/media performance featured as the keynote opening event in the International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Prague. Commissioned by the National Gallery of Prague.

Eyes of Cassandra - Dance Film (2005)

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A dance film.

Satori and In Search Of (2005)

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Two dance films commissioned by Bergen College.

Entre les mondes (2005)

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A dance/media performance commissioned by the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, France.

A Global Village Show (2005)

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A multimedia performance staged on tour in Germany and Portugal. Invited as guest artist by New York University Composers Ensemble.

Bird of Passage (2004)

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A dance film commissioned by Bergen College.

Entangled Photons (2004)

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Inspired by the physics concept of quantum entanglement, which Albert Einsten called "spooky action at a distance," this interactive telepresence dance/media performance featured five dancers at two sites, linked through the Active Space media programming system. Presented by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), at the UCI Calit2 building opening, Entangled Photons linked the Calit2 courtyard on the ground floor with the eMedia Studio on the second floor.

Responsive Circumstances: Improvisations (2004)

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An interactive dance/media performance, commissioned by New Forms Festival, Vancouver.

Active Space: Interactive Videodance - Performance (2004)

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An interactive dance/media performance and exhibition.

Degrees of Erasure (2004)

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A media installation featured in the Norman Klein retrospective "Mapping the Unfindable."

Invisible Cities (2004)

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A dance/media performance.

Looking Back (2003)

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A dance/media performance. Invited presentation in the Caught Between: Dancing for Camera and Live Audience festival in Los Angeles.

Ascension (2003)

A dance film commissioned by Bergen College. Exhibitions have included New York, China, Columbia, Italy, Korea and Mexico.

NightDriving (2003)

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A dance/media work inspired by Calvino's short story, NightDriving connects choreography for the stage with dance for the camera, integrating performance and projection.

NightDriving - Documentary (2003)

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Video documentary of the development process for the NightDriving dance/media performance.

Flight (2003)

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A dance film commissioned by Pacific Symphony Orchestra and performed with the orchestra as live video projection.

Philanthro Films (2003)

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Commissioned by Philanthro Films of Los Angeles.

Dream Logic (2003)

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Video shoot to capture dance film source material, commissioned by American Repertory Dance Theatre of Los Angeles.

Voyages of Aeneas: The Thracian Lost Letters (2003)

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A multimedia performance in collaboration with Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) Rome and Oleg Danovski State Ballet Theatre. Invited as guest artist by New York University Composers Ensemble.

Active Space: Interactive Videodance - Development (2003)

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In this phase of Active Space: Interactive Videodance, an interactive dance/media installation was workshopped and installed at University of California, Irvine.

Eurydice's Return & Active Space Improvisations (2003)

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Interactive dance/media performance, commissioned by Linfield College.

Voyages of Aeneas: Choga (2002)

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A multimedia performance staged on tour in Europe, created by a group of musicians, dancers and media artists from New York, California, Canada, Italy and Poland. Invited as guest artist by New York University Composers Ensemble.

Reverse Patterns (2002)

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An interactive telepresence dance/media performance staged simultaneously in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, in a telepresence performance event connecting ten sites nation-wide.

Dancing in the Active Space (2002)

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An interactive dance/media installation using the Active Space system, commissioned by UCR/California Museum of Photography.

Portal (2001)

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A dance/media performance dealing with communication between people engaged in crossings and transitions.

Invisible Walls (2001)

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An interactive dance/media performance with Active Space visuals.

Songs of Sorrow, Songs of Hope (2001)

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A telepresence performance with dance, music and video, staged simultaneously in California and New York.

Dove arrivano le nuvole piu vaste (2001)

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A dance film with music performed live for contrabass flute and computer.

Split (2000)

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A dance/media performance.

Eyes of Cassandra - Performance (2000)

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A multimedia performance staged on tour in Germany and Poland. Invited as guest artist by New York University Composers Ensemble.

InviTRIO (2000)

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A dance film.

Janus: Ghost Stories (1999)

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A telepresence dance, music and video performance staged simultaneously in Arizona and California.

Virtual Therapy (1998)

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A dance/media performance.

Watching Words (1995)

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An interactive dance, media and theatre performance based on the text of Peter Handke's "Kaspar," exploring the notion that language is our first technology.

Arcadian Crossing (1994)

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A dance/media performance using 3D animation created with LifeForms software.

into the shadow... (1993)

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Video documentary of The Shadow Project performance/workshop event, incorporating footage of live performance, interviews with participants and computer graphics.

Escape is Out of the Question (1992)

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Wrote computer software, using the Max system, to recognize vocal pitch ranges and patterns for an integrated multi-media performance work exploring relationships between a performer's movements and vocalizations and their effects on lighting and sound.

The Shadow Project (1991)

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Two performance/workshop events that explored interactivity in theatre and dance performance with the use of computer graphics, video processing and electroacoustic music.