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Time Enough

a creative research project on the perception and experience of time

Time Enough: Clock: December 2019-April 2021 (Art Journal), created by Allison Costa. Time Enough: Clock: February 2021 (Time as Self), created by Allison Costa. Generated with the support of elektron.art's "fruitful misunderstandings" residency. Time Enough: Clock: January 2021 (Crystal of Time), created by Allison Costa. Time Enough: Clock: October 2020-April 2021 (Seasonal Time), created by Allison Costa. Time Enough: Clock: July 2020 (Time and Space), created by Allison Costa using PoseNet motion capture. Time Enough: Clock: November 2020 (Sensing Time), created by Allison Costa. Visualizations created with the help of Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers' "Trope". Time Enough: Clock: February 2021 (Grand Narratives), created by Allison Costa. Poetry by Allison Costa. Time Enough: Clock: November 2020 (Looptime), created by Allison Costa with PoseNet motion capture. Time Enough: Clock: October 2020 (Time Past and Time Future), created by Allison Costa. Time Enough: Clock: September 2020 (Time Perspective), created by Allison Costa.

“Clocks” of creative research project “Time Enough,” created by Allison Costa under the auspices of the Barnard College Movement Lab’s Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship. (Please double click on images for more information.)


eˉlektron.art “fruitful misunderstandings” residency

a global online residency program to create a performance piece presented in eˉlektron’s 2021 “Festival of Spooky Action at a Distance”

Image from "A Certain Slant of Light", featuring Allison Costa. Courtesy of the artists. Image from "A Certain Slant of Light". Courtesy of the artists. eˉlektron poster for "A Certain Slant of Light" presented at the "Festival of Spooky Action at a Distance" on April 3rd, 2021. Courtesy of eˉlektron.art. Call for participants for "A Certain Slant of Light" Workshop, an integral part of the process based performance creation. Courtesy of eˉlektron.art and the artists. Poster for eˉlektron's "Festival of Spooky Action at a Distance 2021" taking place April 1st-4th. Courtesy of eˉlektron.art. Poster for eˉlektron.art's global online residency program "fruitful misunderstandings" 2021 edition entitled "MANIFESTO". Courtesy of eˉlektron.art. Image from "A Certain Slant of Light", featuring co-creators and workshop participants (from top left: Raquel Guerrero, Feli Navarro, Siya Umlilo Ngcobo, Allison Costa, Chiara Pollini, Lady Gaby). Courtesy of the artists.
Posters and images from “A Certain Slant of Light” created by Allison Costa, Feli Navarro, and Siya Umlilo Ngcobo for eˉlektron.art’s “fruitful misunderstandings” 2021 residency “MANIFESTO” and performed at the 2021 “Festival for Spooky Action at a Distance”. Images courtesy of eˉlektron and the artists. (Please double click on images for more information.)


Performa 19: Unlimited Bodies

a seven-day interdisciplinary pedagogical experiment 
Unlimited Bodies final day Public Presentation at Performa 19’s Hub, November 2019. Photo by Paula Court. Unlimited Bodies final day Public Presentation at Performa 19’s Hub, November 2019. Photo by Paula Court. Unlimited Bodies final day Public Presentation at Performa 19’s Hub, November 2019. Photo by Allison Costa. Unlimited Bodies final day Public Presentation at Performa 19’s Hub, November 2019. Photo by Paula Court. Unlimited Bodies final day Public Presentation at Performa 19’s Hub, November 2019. Photo by Paula Court.
Unlimited Bodies final day Public Presentation at Performa 19’s Hub, November 2019. Photos by Paula Court.


Dancing with My Data: Dancing with My Self

uncovering my movement biases with motion capture

Dancing with My Data: Dancing with My Self, choreographed by Allison Costa and performed at Barnard College’s Senior Creative Thesis Dance Concert, March 2019. Photo by Jo Chiang. Bow with footage from in studio of motion capture avatar and suit from Dancing with My Data: Dancing with My Self, choreographed by Allison Costa and performed at Barnard College’s Senior Creative Thesis Dance Concert, March 2019. Photo by Jo Chiang. Dancing with My Data: Dancing with My Self, choreographed by Allison Costa and performed at Barnard College’s Senior Creative Thesis Dance Concert, March 2019. Photo by Jo Chiang. Dancing with My Data: Dancing with My Self, choreographed by Allison Costa and performed at Barnard College’s Senior Creative Thesis Dance Concert, March 2019. Photo by Jo Chiang. Dancing with My Data: Dancing with My Self, choreographed by Allison Costa and performed at Barnard College’s Senior Creative Thesis Dance Concert, March 2019. Photo by Jo Chiang.
Dancing with My Data: Dancing with My Self, choreographed by Allison Costa and performed at Barnard College’s Senior Creative Thesis Dance Concert, March 2019. Photos by Jo Chiang.


Catalyst Abandoned

exploring systems of potential energy
Catalyst Abandoned, choreographed by Allison Costa, Cobie Kinnish, Gabriel Sinclair, Jazmyn Carter, and Thalia Livingstone and performed at the Victorian College of the Arts Choreographic Process into Performance Presentation, May 2018. Photo by Kyle Ramboyong. Catalyst Abandoned, choreographed by Allison Costa, Cobie Kinnish, Gabriel Sinclair, Jazmyn Carter, and Thalia Livingstone and performed at the Victorian College of the Arts Choreographic Process into Performance Presentation, May 2018. Photo by Kyle Ramboyong. Catalyst Abandoned, choreographed by Allison Costa, Cobie Kinnish, Gabriel Sinclair, Jazmyn Carter, and Thalia Livingstone and performed at the Victorian College of the Arts Choreographic Process into Performance Presentation, May 2018. Photo by Kyle Ramboyong.
Catalyst Abandoned, choreographed by Allison Costa, Cobie Kinnish, Gabriel Sinclair, Jazmyn Carter, and Thalia Livingstone and performed at the Victorian College of the Arts Choreographic Process into Performance Presentation, May 2018. Photos by Kyle Ramboyong.


Barnard/Columbia Dances at Miller/New York Live Arts 

performances in works by Gabri Christa, Antonia Franceschi, Okwui Okpokwasili, David Dorfman, and Neta Pulvermacher

Say My Name, choreographed by Antonia Franceschi and performed at Barnard/Columbia Dances at Miller Theatre, April 2017. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Roses, choreographed by Gabri Christa and performed at Barnard/Columbia Dances at Miller Theatre, April 2017. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Say My Name, choreographed by Antonia Franceschi and performed at Barnard/Columbia Dances at Miller Theatre, April 2017. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. At the Anterior Edge, created in collaboration with Okwui Okpokwasili, Peter Born and the performers, presented by Barnard/Columbia Dances at New York Live Arts, November/December 2017. Photo by Jo Chiang. Roses, choreographed by Gabri Christa and performed at Barnard/Columbia Dances at Miller Theatre, April 2017. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Fog, choreographed by David Dorfman, Lily Gelfand, Jordan Lloyd and in collaboration with the dancers, presented in Barnard/Columbia Dances at New York Live Arts, November/December 2018. Photo by Jo Chiang. Fog, choreographed by David Dorfman, Lily Gelfand, Jordan Lloyd and in collaboration with the dancers, presented in Barnard/Columbia Dances at New York Live Arts, November/December 2018. Photo by Jo Chiang. At the Anterior Edge, created in collaboration with Okwui Okpokwasili, Peter Born and the performers, presented by Barnard/Columbia Dances at New York Live Arts, November/December 2017. Photo by Jo Chiang. Fog, choreographed by David Dorfman, Lily Gelfand, Jordan Lloyd and in collaboration with the dancers, presented in Barnard/Columbia Dances at New York Live Arts, November/December 2018. Photo by Jo Chiang.
Photos by Julieta Cervantes and Jo Chiang. (Please double click on images for more information.)

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Allison Costa is a New York based multi-media artist whose practice is primarily focused at the intersection of dance and technology.  She enjoys working collaboratively and across forms to create unique pieces in the liminal space where creative conception, narrative heart, and multi-disciplinary practice come together. She is always interested in exploring new pathways and partnerships for creative experimentation. Calendar of Upcoming Events ︎︎︎