For Immediate Release
January 15, 2003
New Commissioned Work on Turbulence
WORLD OF AWE: PORTAL by Yael Kanarek
with Evann Siebens, Meeyoung Kim and Yoav Gal
http://turbulence.org/Works/yael

PORTAL is an interactive net.dance in three parts that follows a
traveler passing from the physical world to a virtual world called the
Sunset/Sunrise. The work touches on the spatial and aesthetic
relationship between virtual and physical spaces, as well as the
relationship between user and digital content. Cinematic and kinetic,
the traveler uses dance as the main mode of communication and means to
travel between worlds. This ambiguity between the real and unreal is
reflected in the content: analog footage is mixed with digital
resolutions as the figure moves from a New York City street to a
digitally created desert landscape. Traditional dance film techniques,
as seen in kinesthetic editing and image creation, are combined with
interactivity and screen design.

BIOGRAPHIES

YAEL KANAREK is a new media artist. She has been developing her
interdisciplinary project World of Awe (www.worldofawe.net) since 1995.
At the core of World of Awe is 'The Journal,