Interest: amorphy.org produces original works of live performance and installation connecting image, movement, and design elements in a synchronous union that creates incredibly detailed performances. To push boundaries of presentation, interactive technologies are utilized in selected works (optic tracking systems, sensor interfaces, live video mixing, Max/MSP programming software, etc.). Issues such as difficulty of communication amidst never-ceasing technological advance are tackled and dissected; impact of close proximity urban living, politically and sociologically inspired topics of interest, and other fascinations. The work is intrinsically hybrid in nature, meaning the merger of art forms to create an integrated performance. We are humans living in a complex world and the work we create is likewise complex and packed with layers where each element can be viewed as a discrete layer that combines to create a complete whole. Although amorphy.org is a structured entity, the work is collaborative in nature and new colleagues enter on per project basis and in some cases strike long-term partnerships. The present goal of the company is to continue challenging existing models of art creation with an emphasis on a co-existence and fusion of interactive media and performing arts.
Bio: ASH BULAYEV - Artistic Director was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He is currently a co-Artistic Director of amorphy.org. While making a prolonged detour in New York he has created Resistance Theater, working as a co-Artistic Director and member from 1999-2001. He has created multiple original productions ranging from site-specific/multi-location work, interactive installations to dance/theater projects in U.S.A., Spain, Germany, Egypt, and Greece. Recently, he was an invited artist at the 2nd Interaktionslabor (Interactive Media Lab), Gottelborn-Germany in July 2004 where he presented a live/interactive installation, “Shedding“. He will present his new work Invisible Cities 1.0 at the Napoli Biannale in April 2005 and Urban Festival, Croatia in September 2005. His work was last seen internationally at the 11th Biennale in Athens, 2003, and Dock11, Berlin in September 2004. He is the Project Director for EU program i-MAP (Integration of Media And Performance) for 2005-2006. He has also worked in collaboration with: Proto-type Theater Co., Piper-Mckenzie Theater, CanFactory Inc., Hybrid Dance Theater (Greece), CTI (active member), Wooster Group, Anne Bogart and SITI, Bread and Puppet Theater, Alien Action, Madagascar Institute, Blackkat Collective, One Arm Red Theater, Flambe-Volupte, GoodBad Art Collective, Tacheles (Berlin), The Rooster Theater (New Orleans), The End of The World Circus, Museum of Sound Recording (NYC & Amsterdam), Legion of Black Poets, Love Sphere, Stephan Hintsches (Munich), SPAZ, DefCore Collective and political/social groups: Reclaim the Streets (NYC and London), Uhuru Movement, Free Mummia.