AAOX3
Live Motion Capture | Dance Performance | Project Mapping
AWAKE, ALERT, and ORIENTED to PERSON, PLACE, and TIME.
AAOX3 weaves together an amalgamated narrative about transformation to create a live Motion Capture experience that stretches the intimacy of performance to disrupt our moral expectations about violence within the virtual world.
In this piece, the performer confronts three Janusian representations of the self with the help of active audience members. This audience impetus provides agency to move the story forward from embodiment to empowerment. AAOX3 pushes the technical, musical, and emotive boundaries of Motion Capture technology, transforming the space into an experimental vignette about the inescapable pain of metamorphosis.
Team
Shimin Gu/ Fanni K. Farakas/ Asha Veeraswamy/ Tianyue Wu/ Nia Farrell (Performer)
Role
Technical Director
Technology
Live Motion Capture / UE4 / Nvidia Flex / Maya / Spout / MadMapper
Time
2018
Over the course of 7 weeks, 5 artists across disciplines developed AAXO3, culminating in a final Bodies In Motion Showcase at NYU Metrotech.
It was also invited to be shown at RLab’s opening.
Concept
In this piece, mirrors represent the window between physical freedom and virtual constriction. By facing a mirror physically, the performer must combat their mental illness virtually.
The three illnesses we chose to work with are schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression. Schizophrenia is represented by multiple shadow selves. Anxiety is represented by a claustrophobic tar bubble. Depression is represented by the crushing weight of water.
Motion Capture Interaction
The audience is invited to help the performer face their fears; they are given the agency of when and how this happens through a mirror that can be rotated.
This mirror is a camera in the virtual world. The story is paused when mirrors are facing away from the performer. The fears start to dissolve. The story moves forward when mirrors are facing the performer. The fears start to consume.
Model
Story
