Watch Projection-Mapped Kung Fu Between a Man and His Shadow Projection-mapped choreography meets Enter the Dragon in Pixel n' Pepper's new performance at the Hamdan International Photography Award in Dubai, Black & White. A dancer enters the stage seemingly alone, but is soon challenged to a kung fu battle royale by his own digital shadow, and things only escalate from there. A second dancer gets involved, turning the show into something like a live episode of Dragonball Z, animated by MC Escher and directed by Bruce Lee. The latter half of the show fuses choreography with projected pictures taken from the 20 photographers honored in this year's competition. Related: Daito Manabe's Projection-Mapped Dancers Are A Visual Treat WIFE Uses Animated Projections To Reinvent Dance Performance Dancer Bends Light in Stunning Projection-Mapped Performance Watch 3D Projections Transform Dancers into Constellations
Marco Donnarumma | new media art, live media performance, sound design Scientists Are Making Music with Slime Mold and Whale Songs Down on the southwest coast of England, the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival recently celebrated its tenth birthday. Run in collaboration with Plymouth University and the Interdisciplinary Center for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) which is housed there, the festival is an epicenter for musical experimentation and research into far-out sonification and musification techniques. This year's theme is biomusic, a niche field of centered around biological processes that inform and create musical compositions, be they artificially intelligent virtual whales jamming with a saxophonist, a biocomputer run on slime mold doing a duet on the piano, or data collated from British woodland ecosystems turning into music. Over the weekend, a series of gala performances explored some of the concepts and ideas that the students and professors at Plymouth University had been working on over the past year. The festival's directors, Simon Ible and Eduardo R. Biocomputer music. Fast Travel Related:
Afternoon Animation: Kaleidoscope Ft. The Italian National Team Of Gymnastics The perfect way to space out on a Tuesday afternoon, KALEIDOSCOPE by Freddy brings viewers through an abstract paradise of runs, kicks, and jumps courtesy of the Italian National Team of Gymnastics. Created by DLV BBDO and production team abstract:groove, the collective, paired with Director Luigi Pane, experimented with the kaleidoscope effect for dramatic results. Working with 4 thaumascopes of different sizes and shapes, the biggest 9 meters long with a triangular opening of 2.5 meters, and the smallest 1.5 meters in length with a square opening of 60 centimeters, the team worked extensively to achieve the graphic patterns above. By studying small scale models and then going into CGI simulations, all the above effects were obtained in camera without the use of post-production. Just as interesting as the techniques used were the performers enlisted: The Italian National Team of Rhythmic Gymnastic 'le Farfalle', choreographed by their trainer Emanuela Maccarani.
Perdez-vous dans un immense labyrinthe cosmique Images de l'artiste Osmo, A beginners guide to constructing the cosmos, est la nouvelle installation du “laboratoire spatial du collectif Loop.pH. Cette fois-ci c’est un voyage dans l’espace qui vous est offert, et ce, dans le cadre peu convoité du dessous d’une bretelle d’autoroute surpeuplée de Londres. Dans un style qui rappelle, un peu, l’installation Tape Paris au Palais de Tokyo, Osmo vous invite à vous plonger dans des tunnels sombres mais constellés. Retrouvez ci-dessous quelques images de cette installation lunaire, histoire de vous changer les idées la prochaine fois que vous serez coincés dans les bouchons londoniens.
Loop over water in een projection-mapped rijstveld HARMONY door teamLab. Afbeeldingen via Op de Milan Expo kunnen bezoekers dit jaar over water lopen. Althans, dat is het gevoel dat je krijgt als je in HARMONY staat, de nieuwe projection-mapped installatie van teamLab. De installatie bestaat uit een aantal projectoren die gekleurd licht schijnen op tientallen, bladvormige schermen. De gekleurde bladen zijn op verschillende hoogtes geplaatst en reageren op de beweging van de bezoekers, waardoor je het ene moment tussen groene banen van gras loopt en het volgende in een zilverkleurige school van vis staat. DIVERSITY, de andere installatie van teamLab die tijdens de Milan Expo te zien is, complementeert HARMONY en is een soort interactieve waterval die je in 360° kunt ervaren. Meer werk van teamLab: Een interactieve zee van bloemen daalt neer in Tokyo Vang hologram-vissen in deze 3D-projection mapping game Je kan hier binnenkort stage lopen.
'Momentum' Transforms the Body into an Interactive Sea of Particles A version of this article originally appeared on The Creators Project Germany. Berlin-based interaction design studio Schnellebuntebilder are masters when it comes to transforming physical movements into stunning visuals. With MOMENTUM, they've teamed up with sound designers Kling Klang Klong to create "a synaesthetic experiences of sounds and visuals generated real-time from body movement," according to Schnellebuntebilder's Magdalena Eder. MOMENTUM, which transforms the user into a sea of digital particles, consists of "several blocks with different functions called nodes," explained Schnellebuntebilder's John Timpernagel. "We connect the data to a graphical system which puts the dancers' particles in motion. This level of visual "momentum" is the project's second layer, however. The soundscape consists of several layers. Based on the generated sounds, the body's movements are also transformed into colorful images. Related: Sound And Movement Translated Into A Digital Imprint
Mirrored Light Sculpture Probes The Cosmic Mysteries Of Geometry Images courtesy of the artist When it comes to sculpture, Gaspar Battha thinks big. His artworks address concepts including the limitations of the mind (envisioned as a physics-defying robotic bird), and humankind's relationship with tools (realized through custom-made screws and screwdrivers). Patterns of Harmony, his Master-project at UdK Berlin, takes this line of inquiry one step further, using a projection-mapped light box to explore the geometric nature of the universe. A series of angled two-way mirrors forms the bulk of the lightbox, which Battha calls a "fractal of cubes." In fact, the stated purpose underlying Patterns of Harmony is even more ambitious than the search for a 4th dimension: Battha questions the "complexity of all of nature's components circulating in a never ending metamorphosis," and its parallel reflection of "the human mind interpreting information through the senses." Below, examine moments from Patterns of Harmony: Related: