HUE is a performative installation by visual artist Sebastian Kite (UK), composer Simon Goff (UK) and choreographer Lisanne Goodhue (CAN). 

HUE investigates the responsibility of experience in an installation and performance context, and how this can be shared between artists and their audience.

Through a developed common vocabulary using the subject of colour as a bridge between visual art, dance and music, the work focuses on the process of interaction between the three media to create specific ambiences. The installation consists of a series of spaces defined by large translucent screens, colour projection, live sound and dance. These elements combined catalyse movement and interactions between performers and audience members.

The project presents a non-hierarchal scenic and temporal space that challenges traditional concepts and modes of experiencing dance performance, concert music and visual art. Performers and audiences occupy an ambulatory space together, both parties having a direct influence on the course of the piece: physically, visually and sonically. The work combines the strengths of the three media to create a unique experience in terms of kinesthetic empathy, making use of tools at the cutting edge of technology. The use of motion sensors triggering sound, alongside the artists being present in the space with audience members, forms a symbiosis of human-human interaction and human-technological interaction; all media strategically use both communication pathways to generate material. Human relations are underlined by the presence of dancers who change their quality of movement and position according to the movements of the audience. The visual system is malleable and can be manipulated by both performers and audience. By reacting to the presence of movement in the space, the installation generates a soundscape of sampled material that forms a component in the live composition of the music. 

In HUE, the artists shift their practices collectively and individually, transitioning the space between installation and performance. The composition is based on an open framework to allow an experience away from a set duration context. The purpose is to encourage sensitive observation through repetition and change. 
 

Additional Information: 
In September 2015, the artistic team of HUE conducted a competitive residency at the Milvus Artistic Research Center, Sweden. Whilst at the residency, the work was installed at Wanås Konst Art Foundation where the team gave a workshop with students from the Kulturcentrum Skåne. At the end of the residency, the team gave two presentations of their research. 

In October 2015, a short tour of HUE took place to Berlin and London. Through each performance, the team continued their research into relations between audience and performer. By taking the work to new venues, the site-specific interest of the work was developed. 

The conclusion of this initial process was that HUE is not a finished product, but is rather an ongoing process of research; a process in which performances, workshops and installation all contribute to the development of the work.