Thresholds (2020-)
Director and choreographer Beth Graczyk, composer Aaron Gabriel, and neuroscientist Guadalupe Astorga have a budding new collaboration born out of the desire to work cross-disciplinary within science, social justice, disability awareness and art. We propose to explore the diversity of human consciousness through the boundaries of perception.
Our aim is to explore sensory processing through the creation of sonic, visual, and kinetic experiences that invite an audience to explore their individual perception. Reflecting in different ways these individual and collective sensitivities back to the audience to create greater awareness of the diversity of perceptual processing amongst us.
Thresholds is developing in parallel with a clinical research project and pilot award from Rockefeller University. This research lead by neuroscientist Guadalupe Astorga from the Gilbert lab has teamed up with scientist/dance artist Beth Graczyk to create an interactive web-based experiment which will focus on collecting data on visual processing for neurodiverse and neurotypical individuals.
Our aim is to explore sensory processing through the creation of sonic, visual, and kinetic experiences that invite an audience to explore their individual perception. Reflecting in different ways these individual and collective sensitivities back to the audience to create greater awareness of the diversity of perceptual processing amongst us.
Thresholds is developing in parallel with a clinical research project and pilot award from Rockefeller University. This research lead by neuroscientist Guadalupe Astorga from the Gilbert lab has teamed up with scientist/dance artist Beth Graczyk to create an interactive web-based experiment which will focus on collecting data on visual processing for neurodiverse and neurotypical individuals.
Meshes of a Figure (2021)
Meshes of a Figure from Beth Graczyk on Vimeo.
Choreography and Video by Beth Graczyk
Composer Aaron Gabriel
Visual Content & Overlays Beth Graczyk & Guadalupe Astorga
Neuroscientist Guadalupe Astorga
Meshes of a Figure was filmed at Center at Performance Research with production by Pioneers Go East Collective.
Lighting design Philip Treviño, CPR theater video by John Burkland
Composer Aaron Gabriel
Visual Content & Overlays Beth Graczyk & Guadalupe Astorga
Neuroscientist Guadalupe Astorga
Meshes of a Figure was filmed at Center at Performance Research with production by Pioneers Go East Collective.
Lighting design Philip Treviño, CPR theater video by John Burkland