HARMONIC DISSONANCE

Can we capture the essence of human connectedness; the elusive sense of “oneness” that lies above and beyond the mere physical presence of another human body?

In HARMONIC DISSONANCE– SYNCHRON(ICIT)Y, Dikker + Oostrik (< Suzanne Dikker >, Neuroscientist at NYU & UU and < Matthias Oostrik >, Interactive media artist) collaborate with < Arnoud Traa > (Sound designer and composer) and ICK to investigate human synchronicity and synchrony through artistic and scientific inquiry. Dancers and visitors wear EEG devices that measure their brainwaves while they interact with audio-visual reflections of their movements. This allows the research team to explore how motion synchrony (coordination, mirroring, unison, anticipation, resonance, play, etc.) may lead to a sense of togetherness, to synchronicity of the mind.

HARMONIC DISSONANCE - SYNCHRON(ICIT)Y is a performative art/science research based on fragments fromEmio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten’s repertoire. In the paradigm of the artistic signature of Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten, Synchronicity is defined as a “dual utopia”, an aim, an ideal, whereby a qualitative relation of being “one body” is aimed for, which is clearly distinguished from merely dancing in unison.

Decomposing synchrony and synchronicity:

HARMONIC DISSONANCE - SYNCHRON(ICIT)Y presents the findings from a three-day workshop at ICKAmsterdam in 2018, aimed at defining synchrony and decomposing it into its primary parts. These notions are used for further investigation and exploration into achieving the “dual utopia” of synchronicity.

For more information and questions about HARMONIC DISSONANCE - SYNCHRON(ICIT)Y, please contact SuzanTunca@ickamsterdam.nl

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