double bill / Augmented Reality Dance-Performances

Du musst Dein Leben rendern!

NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS

Du musst Dein Leben rendern!

Dates:
Thu 15.9. - Sat 17.9., 3.30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8.15 p.m.
Sun 18.9., 3.30 p.m., 6 p.m.

double bill with PopUp Stage ARENA Chris Ziegler/movingimages
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Open AR space after each performance.

Duration: double bill, 60 min.

NOTE: We ask you to arrive 20 minutes before the performances start, because for the optimal experience of the production is an individual adjustment of the AR glasses required. This takes place in each case at the entrance. Currently, the AR model of MagicLeap, which we use, is not compatible with conventional glasses - a combination with contact lenses is possible. We therefore offer a limited number of dioptric inserts. The performances are suitable for children 12 years and older.

All spectators must also sign a Disclaimer before attending the performance, which can be viewed here in advance and then signed on site: to disclaimer.PDF

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AR project in the choreography by Yui Kawaguchi, in cooperation with DOCKdigital.

The project „Du musst Dein Leben rendern!“ (You must render your life!) in the choreography by Yui Kawaguchi for the dancer Florian Graul and the dancer Lujain Mustafa as well as their virtual clones is the development basis as well as the reference project for the AR loop machine by Oliver Proske and Moritz Kiefer.

The movement sequences of the dancers, recorded by means of motion capture suits, are transferred to AR glasses. Comparable to a loop station for live musicians, the AR loop machine enables the performers to enter into a dialogue with their own moves and to dance a duet with themselves. This apparent interaction between real body and artificially created image is accompanied by the sound surfaces of trumpeter Paul Hübner. The relation between analogue reality and virtual extension shifts with the audience's selectable point of view, virtual bodies multiply, change their size - the game begins.

Do you have to render your life?

This navigational project takes place at the intersection of visual and performing arts.

"Theater der Zeit" writes about the augmented reality dance performance. to the article

Artistic direction / 3D animation / choreography: Yui Kawaguchi
Concept / Virtual stage space / Technology: Oliver Proske
Artistic advice: Nicola Hümpel
Dramaturgy: Andreas Hillger
Dance: Florian Graul, Lujain Mustafa
Trumpet: Paul Hübner
Introduction: Patric Schott
AR loop machine software: Löhn Digital / Moritz Kiefer
Lighting: Fabian Bleisch
Operating & technical support: Hendrik Fritze
Photo: Oliver Proske

The project „Du musst Dein Leben rendern!“ was developed within the framework of „dive in. Programme for Digital Interactions" of the Federal Cultural Foundation, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) in the NEUSTART KULTUR programme. Nico and the Navigators are funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe in Berlin. The project is being developed in cooperation with DOCKdigital.

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After Nico and the Navigators were able to convince more than 3,000 spectators of the performative possibilities of augmented reality glasses with their production "Verrat der Bilder" (Betrayal of Images) in over 100 performances for the Bauhaus anniversary in 2019, the research will be consistently continued with the new project "Du musst Dein Leben rendern" (You have to render your life), which is funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation.

The DOCKdigital is the perfect partner for this, because for over a year now they have been experimenting with motion capture suits from Rokoko - in other words, data suits that digitally capture the movements of real bodies so that the data can be processed for further use. In order to bring these two technologies together in an uncomplicated and flexible way, a new type of AR loop machine is being developed, with the help of which dancers can, for example, develop a pas de deux with a 3D image previously generated from themselves. The audience sees the dancers in real space and, with the help of AR glasses, their animation, which seems to merge with their original in the dance.

The AR loop machine will continue to be available and its content will be further developed within the framework of educational and mediation formats in digital laboratories.

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The project „Du musst Dein Leben rendern!“ was developed within the framework of „dive in. Programme for Digital Interactions" of the Federal Cultural Foundation, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) in the NEUSTART KULTUR programme. Nico and the Navigators are funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe in Berlin. The project is being developed in cooperation with DOCKdigital.