Description

This page constitutes the main download point for

• the data of Merce Cunningham performing his solo dance for the hands entitled Loops.
• the code for the digital artwork entitled Loops.

Context for both Loops the solo dance and Loops the digital artwork is provided here.

 

Choreography

The motion-capture of Merce Cunningham performing Loops was recorded in four takes on August 23, 2000.

For each take we provide the 3d data in two file formats: .htr and .fbx. In addition, we provide two videos, in Quicktime format, which document the take from two different angles.

Each take is available as a .tar.gz archive, which should be readable on all platforms. Since these archives are sizable downloads, we also provide a much shorter sample set from take 3 so that you can examine the nature of the data beforehand (in .htr, .fbx., and Quicktime formats).

• Sample Set (7.6mb)
• Take 1 (563.8 mb)
• Take 2 (1 gb)
• Take 3 (1.23 gb)
• Take 4 (1.1 gb)

 

Code

The digital artwork Loops is is built on the Field open source platform.

This is a preliminary, beta, release of the code for the visual and musical part of this work is available here (74mb). This code represents the artwork that was show on February 26th, 2008, modified to track changes in the current Field code-base and to run on the latest NVidia 8800 graphics cards on Apple. This is a complex code-base connected to Field, but we’re happy to help you install it. Contact us.

 

License s

 

The choreography for Merce Cunningham’s solo dance Loops is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

The code for the OpenEnded Group’s digital artwork Loops is distributed under a GPL license, version 3.