AI is fed with data from the human body to learn movement and human reactions. For the AI ​​and even for the performer, the origin and the networked physiological processes of a movement remain hidden. Technologies enable the body to be broken down into the smallest of parts, but the distance to intuitive understanding and awareness of one's own body as organic matter with its laws and limits is growing. What exactly happens inside the body, how can these processes be experienced, shared and incorporated into choreographic decisions? These questions form the starting point of the research DISTANCE OF LIVE by choreographer and dance performer Emi Miyoshi. Not only the distance to the functioning of the body as an organism, but also the physical distance to other bodies, prevent the perception of existential connection with natural processes and instincts. During the research phase, she uses technological devices such as the e-stethoscope (digital pick-up) and rotation rate sensors attached to the body to research the internal processes of her own body during various movements when dancing. She enters into an intimate dialogue with her own body as a source of inspiration and examines the smallest vibrations, reactions and rhythms. These result from breathing movements or other organic activities (especially heartbeat) and are recorded aurally by the e-stethoscope. Through targeted or random movement of the yaw rate sensors, the e-stethoscope recordings are modeled with specially developed software and played back on wireless headphones. This enables the focus inwards and an experience of intimacy, getting to know your own body. From this she develops choreographic processes (scores) from movement and breathing patterns that function like dramaturgical building blocks, how notes can be repeated and create certain immersive auditory moments.
In a second part of the project, the intimate dialogue between the dancer and her body is shared with a group of participants via wireless headphones, thereby overcoming physical distance. The movements of your body are now not only visually but also audibly perceptible for other participants and in this sensory experiment reveal the variety of physiological processes that arise during movement and dance. A feeling of intimate connection is created. The movement sequences developed by Emi Miyoshi now serve the participants as “guidelines”, as a “score” and impetus for their own sensory experiment. You yourself now use an e-stethoscope and control the rotation rate sensors in order to use these media to experience the possibility of an intimate experience with your own body and to overcome your own inner distance.