A.I.D.
A.I.D.
A.I.D. is now retired, except the ongoing A.I.D. Online project. Alisdair is still making dance works with computers, most notably his touring work Plagiary
A.I.D was an ongoing project started in 2019 focused on the development and presentation of contemporary dance performances that are directed by a spoken choreographic automation system. The system; a computer program that announces and articulates choreographic instruction with computer generated voice, places a machine in the roll of creative director in a performance scenario to pose questions about human computer relationships, and digitised power structures and dynamics.
A.I.D. was first developed in 2019 as part of a residency directorship at Lucy Guerin Inc. Since this time it has been developed and adapted through various creative developments, showings and presentations, including the aforementioned LGI residency in the form of a showing, a choreographic research and development period in collaboration with Martin Hansen and Chris Chua supported by the AusDance Peggy Van Praagh Choreographic fellowship, Harlequin Tarkett and Chunky Move, GENERATION GENERATION a VCA graduation performance, TEST SUBJECT a choreographic residency at DanceNorth supported by the Ian Potter foundation that was later presented, FORGERY a Collaboration with Brisbane Festival and Australasian Dance Collective where we used A.I.D. ONLINE to conduct long distance rehearsals, and A.I.D. @ Red Stair Amphitheatre.
