HINTERLANDS
by PELL ENSEMBLE
Mixed reality dance performance & live mocap
Inspired by micro-organisms called extremophiles that live on the edge of habitability, in some of earth’s most inhospitable environments, Hinterlands is a mixed reality headset experience on the speculative futures of human evolution.
Movement, spatial sound and augmented reality come together to create a space that unfolds diÿÿerently for you and the dancers in the space. Through an invitation to move, you will explore our entanglement with the natural and digital world and our possibilities for surviving, evolving and becoming.
Live motion capture data is streamed to headsets to move an AR non-humanoid entity in Mixed Reality using passthrough mode to three untethered Pico 4's.
2023 (ongoing)
Role: Lead Creative Technologist & Live Mocap specialist
Project for: Rebecca Evans/Pell Ensemble
Concept created and directed by Choreographer Rebecca Evans in collaboration with Creative Technologists Clemence Debaig of Unwired and Alexander MacKinnon, Dancers Ania Varez, Jan-Ming Lee and Anna Kaszuba, Sound Artist Christian Duka, Dramaturg Joanne Skapinker, Intimacy and Consent coordinator Mira Loew and MAVR student Jon Higgins.
Images by Alice Underwood, Mira Loew and Alexander MacKinnon