Light Dance : light and the nature of body movement

• Main Author: Riskin, Seth
• Other Authors: Otto Piene.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
• Subjects: Architecture.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46405

Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-39). === Light Dance is a conscious transfiguration of the body, its movement and the encompassing space; a transposition of matter to light exalted in the dance. This corresponds to the conceptualized spirit of the performer whose body is "consumed" by light. A transposition occurs between the performer and audience. The audience experiences the dissolution of the body into light. In this thesis I assemble fragments of visible and inner light experiences and concepts of the body by an intuition of the spirit . The purpose is to equate visible and inner light. The writing is based on light as the physical self of the spirit; the significance of the body and movement. Specific examples are cited to create a contextual fabric for the inspired design of Light Dance. === by Seth Riskin. === M.S.V.S.