Digital Interactive Hacks: The V Motion Project and LightTroupe

What happens when digital worlds exit the screen and walk into real-world social spaces? Join us to see two inspiring interactivity hacks, the V Motion Project and LightTroupe, that break open our experience of digital life.

What: Digital interactive collaborations that merge light, motion and music.
When: Thursday, September 6th 2012, 8pm
Where: BoomBap!, 640 SE Stark, Portland OR
Who: Hosted by Portland Games for Change and BoomBap
Price: Free, Donations Suggested

The V Motion Project is a Kinect hack that tracks a performer's motion to create live music and a visual spectacle, what Laughing Squid calls a "gestural music-video performance system.” Developer Jeff Nusz from New Zealand will knowledge share about the collaboration of choreographers, musicians, cinematographers and coders who turned movement into music. https://vimeo.com/45417241

LightTroupe, a Portland-based group, creates new art forms through live, interactive digital projections. Their current project is a game-driven music world that affects environmental lighting and creates visually stunning particles in a physical environment. Utilizing a game controller, players navigate and deflect piano created particles to bring chaos into a balanced field of visual stasis. https://vimeo.com/lighttroupe

About the Sponsors:

Boom Bap! is a DIY multi media classroom and performance space. Our purpose is to give people the space to learn, explore, connect, create, and showcase their work. www.boombappdx.com

Portland Games for Change host meet ups and organize events to support innovative collaborations throughout the Pacific NW. We are an open group dedicated to social impact through game development, education and community building. https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Games-for-Change/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/247773668667490/