The BodyCartography Project: A talk with Olive Bieringa, Otto Ramstad, and Bryce Beverlin II January 25, 2010

The BodyCartography Project was founded in 1998 and is co-directed by dance and video artists Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad. Their work investigates the physical resonance of space in urban, wild, domestic and social landscapes through dance, video and installation work. They engage and provoke audiences in diverse contexts working with independent artists, communities, organizations and scientists.

Right now they are working on a performance of 1/2 Life, which investigates the survival of the body amidst a world of scientific research, data and control. The performance hovers geographically at the edges of the Pacific Ocean – connecting nuclear super power U.S.A., atomic survivor Japan and nuclear free New Zealand. Bieringa and Ramstad bring together an extraordinary collaborative team including composer and harpist Zeena Parkins, visual artist Emmett Ramstad and physicist Bryce Beverlin II. Beverlin is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Minneapolis where he explores various forms of art including free improvisational music, contact improvisational dance, guerrilla public performance, film and video, poetry, public and private installation, and conceptual composition. Beverlin is also a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Physics at the University of Minnesota.

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