Howling cow, a jackpot find in the fine arts!
I've heard about interactive digital installation pieces in art journals and I think I've been through at least one before. Though they seemed like they could be neat, none were so compelling and convincing to me.
This series of clips is fantastic: between the music* (*I've not heard this kind of quality noise since the Homeworld soundtrack and NASA Voyager planetary recordings), sense of motion, and dance it's a mind-altering experience, it's wonderful and potentially mind-blowing for some [this phrase is frequently overused, but I believe it merits it].
The only thing that's missing is some form of educational bit, but the work is so fine I'm happy to see it as it is, and the bonus points for using C++ (programming language) and Open GL (I don't even konw what Open GL does) I'd award to them makes up for it too:
For what might be the whole thing (I only saw the above):
Okay here's another (different coreographer named Gideon Obarzanek):
Three take-aways I can surmise from seeing these clips:
1) Technology ought to be co-creative with, not independent from, the human being(s) using them.
2) This is really neat stuff, but what about ideal ethical energy consumption for its use? It can be done, the creator(s) and presenter(s) eventually need to make sure it's from renewable sources (wind, water*, solar).
3) A while back (around 2007 shortly after I saw the dance film "Amelia") I thought about dance on floors with a mirror angled at 45 degrees from above to see the performer from above. Obarzaneks achieves it by having the audience view the performers from high up via angled floors and steep seating.
I've heard about interactive digital installation pieces in art journals and I think I've been through at least one before. Though they seemed like they could be neat, none were so compelling and convincing to me.
This series of clips is fantastic: between the music* (*I've not heard this kind of quality noise since the Homeworld soundtrack and NASA Voyager planetary recordings), sense of motion, and dance it's a mind-altering experience, it's wonderful and potentially mind-blowing for some [this phrase is frequently overused, but I believe it merits it].
The only thing that's missing is some form of educational bit, but the work is so fine I'm happy to see it as it is, and the bonus points for using C++ (programming language) and Open GL (I don't even konw what Open GL does) I'd award to them makes up for it too:
Okay here's another (different coreographer named Gideon Obarzanek):
Three take-aways I can surmise from seeing these clips:
1) Technology ought to be co-creative with, not independent from, the human being(s) using them.
2) This is really neat stuff, but what about ideal ethical energy consumption for its use? It can be done, the creator(s) and presenter(s) eventually need to make sure it's from renewable sources (wind, water*, solar).
3) A while back (around 2007 shortly after I saw the dance film "Amelia") I thought about dance on floors with a mirror angled at 45 degrees from above to see the performer from above. Obarzaneks achieves it by having the audience view the performers from high up via angled floors and steep seating.
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