{"id":1127,"date":"2020-10-09T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2020-12-17T19:38:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:38:51","slug":"moves-like-moon-watcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"AI as Foil Series: Moves Like Moon Watcher &#8211; Oct 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Moves Like Moon Watcher: A Discussion with Dan Richter<\/strong><br>Friday, October 9, 2:00-2:45pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">This on-line event is the first in the series <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?page_id=1343\">AI as Foil: Exploring the Co-evolution of Art and Technology<\/a><\/strong> curated by Natalie Klym.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/468172435\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/center><br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Craft\/discipline: Pantomime, acting<br>Guest artist: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danrichter.com\"><strong>Dan Richter<\/strong><\/a><br>AI respondent: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdtps.utoronto.ca\/people\/directories\/all-faculty\/douglas-eacho\"><strong>Douglas Eacho<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><br>The pioneering AI movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oR_e9y-bka0\">2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a>, brought us one of the most iconic (and brutal) opening scenes in the history of film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U2iiPpcwfCA\">The Dawn of Man<\/a>. This classic cinematic moment features the ape-man, Moon Watcher, transforming the bone of a dead animal into a weapon, sealing the fate of humankind. Made long before CGI was available, director Stanley Kubrick relied on the skills of professional mime, Dan Richter to perform this scene and train the other actors re the nuances of ape movements. Dan\u2014the man inside the ape suit\u2014will join us remotely from California in conversation with new CDTPS Faculty member Douglas Eacho to discuss this unique experience. Through this discussion we will explore the current and future opportunities for AI to play a role in the acting process, as well as new roles for actors, including those that extend outside the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/0VAjX3wZXltaQbuCD.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/0VAjX3wZXltaQbuCD.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/0VAjX3wZXltaQbuCD-300x136.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pioneering AI movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, brought us one of the most iconic (and brutal) opening scenes in the history of film, The Dawn of Man. This classic cinematic moment features the ape-man, Moon Watcher, transforming the bone of a dead animal into a weapon, sealing the fate of humankind. Made long before CGI was available, director Stanley Kubrick relied on the skills of professional mime, Dan Richter to perform this scene and train the other actors re the nuances of ape movements. Dan\u2014the man inside the ape suit\u2014will join us remotely from California in conversation with new CDTPS Faculty member Douglas Eacho to discuss this unique experience. Through this discussion we will explore the current and future opportunities for AI to play a role in the acting process, as well as new roles for actors, including outside the arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aifoil","8":"category-events","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1735,"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/1735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}