Rendering by Vladimir Jankijevic
The Project
Project Bodycloud is concerned with the materialization of human movements into a sculpture. About ten years ago, I visited Brazil with my Capoeira club. The way, how incredibly elegant Mestre Corisco moved through space impressed me deeply. Since that moment, I was dreaming of doing a sculpture from movement.
The goal is to produce the sculpture in lifesize as a positive and negative. The latter meaning a solid block with the movement carved into the material. So the visitor can crawl into the space and explore it with the body.
Statement
Human movement space is defined as the space a person appropriates by means of his or her movement, a space that is constantly expanded as the person moves. I am interested in movement spaces because it reflects the personal usage of space. Despite its habitual and daily character, this process can be cultivated and developed according to a person’s talent and physical ability. Along these lines, the personal appropriation and design of space starts with one’s body. In order to visualize this constitution, I choose the process of materialization into a sculpture. Thereby, I will try to the render this essentially ephemeral movement space tangible.
Text
Some thoughts and theory about the topic with plenty of pictures to look at in PDF format:
Bodycloud_E.pdf (English)
Bodycloud_D.pdf (German)
Bodycloud_P.pdf (Portuguese)
A Mini Sculpture
The Project in Short
Credits
Professor: Lawrence Wallen/ MAS Scenography ZHdK
Tutors: Stephan Trüby, Dr. Andrea Gleiniger/ MAS Scenography ZHdK
Capoeirista: Milton Rodrigues/ Capoeira Gerais
Motion Capture: Dr. Mathias Bankay and Martin Löhrer/ Prophysics
Dr. Hans Gerber, Dr. Silvio Lorenzetti, Renate List, Thomas Ukelo/
ETH Insitute for Biomechanics
Rendering: Vladimir Jankijevic/ Elefant Studios
3D Advisor: Jochen Bomm/ HDM Stuttgart
Text Advisor: Sara Lüscher
3D Scan: Sissi Faÿsse, Susanne Noller/ STF
Dr. Helga Gäbel/ Human Solutions
Dance: Eve Bhend, Anna Bürgi, Christa Naef
Sponsoring: Netcetera
Adi, Angela, Gabi/ Threeasfour
Dr. Gerhard M. Buurman, Max Rheiner, Stefano Vannotti, Tim Roth/ ZHdK
Elvira Isenring, Mestre Corisco, Claudia Malvadeza