Motion Stories
Azure Kinect promises new motion, sensing for art
Gamers’ interest may come and go, but artists are always exploring the potential of computer vision for expression. Microsoft this month has resurrected the Kinect, albeit in pricey, limited form. Let’s fit it to the family tree.
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A composition you can only hear by moving your head
“It’s almost like there’s an echo of the original music in the space.” After years of music being centered on stereo space and fixed timelines, sound seems ripe for reimagination as open and relative. Tim Murray-Browne sends us a fascinating idea for how to do that, in a composition in sound that transforms as you […]
Peter Kirn - June 20, 2016
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Dancer to Score to Animation: Coding, Decoding, and Recoding in a Choreography Lab
When it comes to dance technology, it isn’t enough to team dazzling engineers with dancers. Making digital technology meaningful to those steeped in the craft of dance means artists getting their hands dirty. Dance has a history in experimental exploration, from Merce Cunningham’s pioneering work with the LifeForms software (directly in his choreography) to digital […]
Peter Kirn - January 14, 2014
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A Ballet of Quadrotors: Helicopter Spectacular from Saatchi & Saatchi [Vicon, OpenFrameworks]
Peter Kirn - July 30, 2012
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A Ballet of Quadrotors: Helicopter Spectacular from Saatchi & Saatchi [Vicon, OpenFrameworks]
Peter Kirn - July 30, 2012
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Open Source Match Move: Camera Tracking in Blender, Plus Tutorials on Mac Builds, Compositing
Peter Kirn - July 18, 2011
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Motion-Controlled, Motion-Tracked, Single-Shot Music Video: Cowper – Morning Prayer
Jaymis Loveday - June 7, 2011
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Tracking Explosion: Found Image Collage Masks for "Okyo – Monster" by RainbowMonkey
Jaymis Loveday - September 22, 2009
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Tracking Explosion: Found Image Collage Masks for “Okyo – Monster” by RainbowMonkey
Jaymis Loveday - September 22, 2009
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