Rhizomatiks x ELEVENPLAY “multiplex“ (2021)

Installation featuring motion data from five dancers, projected images, and a mobile robot, presented in two physical exhibition spaces and online. More than a transposition of real expression in virtual space, the project was a hybridization that sought to create an environment for a new breed of humanity from multiple perspectives. Five cubes moved autonomously through the main exhibition space along with projections of AR-synthesized dancers, as an autonomous mobile camera that filmed the venue as video images cascaded across the walls and floor. Visitors were afforded a curiously palpable experience of dancers who otherwise existed only as video and motion data. An online exhibition was created from the installation data, creating a multilayered window on the work in real, virtual, and online spaces. 1. Mobile robots A stage area measuring 27m wide and 7m deep was blanketed with images covering the entire floor and wall surfaces. Five 90cm cubes ran inside this stage area. An infrared camer