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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Hidden Fields
Laura Kriefman,
David Glowacki,
Emma Harrie,
Thomas Mitchell,
Phil Tew,
Lisa May Thomas,
Joseph Hyde
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_Hidden Fields_ is the world’s first ever dance show driven by algorithms and mathematics from quantum dynamics. It is the result of a unique sci-art collaboration that has attracted significant international attention and press coverage. Fusing 3D imaging, rigorous quantum dynamics, gaming, dance and people, _Hidden Fields_ is an augmented dance performance that shows how our energy fields interact with the otherwise invisible atomic world around us. Its fusion of rigorous science, generative soundscapes and beautiful interactive visuals has led to the development of a new choreographic language that pushes the boundaries of our relationship with precise movement, science, spatial awareness and art.
_Hidden Fields_ uses the danceroom Spectrosopy (dS) software and hardware platform developed by David Glowacki and collaborators. dS uses rigorous physics to create sounds and images from people’s movements. Using a set of 3D cameras, people’s movements are captured and fed to a custom-built supercomputer, where a software program interprets them as energy fields. In real time, people’s energy fields (or energy “avatars”) are projected onto a giant screen. Moving fluidly within people’s energy avatars are thousands of projected particles that represent the billions of atoms that are always around us but too small for our eyes to see. As people move within the physical space, dS enables them to use their “energy fields” to interact with these atoms—catching, pushing, sharing and dancing with them.
Links: http://danceroom-spec.com
_Hidden Fields_ uses the danceroom Spectrosopy (dS) software and hardware platform developed by David Glowacki and collaborators. dS uses rigorous physics to create sounds and images from people’s movements. Using a set of 3D cameras, people’s movements are captured and fed to a custom-built supercomputer, where a software program interprets them as energy fields. In real time, people’s energy fields (or energy “avatars”) are projected onto a giant screen. Moving fluidly within people’s energy avatars are thousands of projected particles that represent the billions of atoms that are always around us but too small for our eyes to see. As people move within the physical space, dS enables them to use their “energy fields” to interact with these atoms—catching, pushing, sharing and dancing with them.
Links: http://danceroom-spec.com
Project lead: David Glowacki (US)
Digital artist: Phil Tew (UK)
Choreographer: Laura Kriefman (UK)
Music tech and composition: Joseph Hyde (UK) and Thomas Mitchell (UK)
Contemporary dancers: Lisa May Thomas (UK) and Emma Harrie (UK)
Digital artist: Phil Tew (UK)
Choreographer: Laura Kriefman (UK)
Music tech and composition: Joseph Hyde (UK) and Thomas Mitchell (UK)
Contemporary dancers: Lisa May Thomas (UK) and Emma Harrie (UK)
David Glowacki (US) is a scientist, author, philosopher, and inventor. He has published across a range of subjects. His scientific research straddles the boundary where physics meets chemistry—where classical effects are fading out and quantum effects are just kicking in. dS is motivated by his desire to reveal our connection to the beautiful and subtle microscopic world. He has a PhD in physical chemistry.