Capacitor Lab: Synaptic Motion

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Capacitor and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts would like to invite you to participate in our next Capacitor Lab for 'Synaptic Motion'.

When: 7-9pm

Feburary 20th
March 20th
April 17th
May 15th
June 19th

Where: GAFFTA
923 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

You don't need to be present at every lab in order to participate, but we find that continuity enriches the process greatly and would appreciate your steady participation. Feel free to invite friends - the Lab is open to the public for a $10 suggested donation- all proceeds directly support the collaborative work of Capacitor and GAFFTA. RSVP

About the Project What does creativity look like? Not the art (the products of creativity), not the artist (the vessel of creativity), but the act (the activity in the mind that generates what we call creative work). In collaboration with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA), Capacitor is creating ‘Synaptic Motion,’ a multi-disciplinary ballet and immersive environment that will have, as its source, images created via magnetic and electrical scanning of the brain functions of the choreographer, performers, and audience members.

The Capacitor Lab was developed to cultivate new and relevant performance concepts in a think-tank format: engineers, scientists, designers, and philosophers exchange ideas and share knowledge with a small team of artists. Through discussions and debates, the Capacitor Lab brings a broader outlook to the creative process and provides a vehicle for ongoing creative ferment and critical feedback for new work. By engendering dialogue around contemporary technological and scientific issues, the resulting performance piece is not meant to be true to science or demonstrative, but a creative response to the issues and ideas explored by the participants. The Lab provides a jumping off point for the abstractions and creative musings of the artists. Each participant brings expertise and unique experiences to the Capacitor Lab and in turns shape the foundation for each new work.

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