Progression of a Synchronized Skating Program
Providence, RI
The study of the dispersion of a drop of ink merges with an analysis of athletes competing in synchronized figure skating. Skaters moving in unison create geometric forms on ice, gracefully shifting from one to the next. Presented to a surrounding audience, a performance is multi-directional, with elements encompassing the whole of the rink and paths crisscross back and forth. Through unrolling these elements sequentially, a dynamic course is conceived in which skaters must maneuver through as spectators are obliged to move with performers. Viewers ground the ice with the landscape through climbing up, down and around the skaters, engaging spectatorship in a new way where journey and performance play off one another. The spectators and skaters glide past each other, as two forces both attracted and repulsed; connecting, dividing, and deflecting in space, as water dancing with ink.
A Drop of Ink
The Dispersion of a Drop of Ink
The Repulsion of Ink in Water
The Attraction of Ink and Water
Repulsion and Attraction | The Dispersion & Suspension of Ink in Water
The Elements of a Synchronized Skating Program
The Distribution of a Synchronized Skating Program
Unrolling the Program
The Active Spectator | Plan
The Active Spectator | Section
