Case study 06 — Creative Technology

Here NOW so Long

Live video effects for dance, run in real time across four cameras and twelve scenes

Role
Video designer & live operator
Tools
TouchDesigner · MIDI · Camcorder · SDI cameras
Venue
White Wave Dance Company — New York Live Arts

Four cameras, twelve scenes

I programmed and ran live video effects for White Wave Dance Company's piece Here NOW so Long at New York Live Arts. We had four camera feeds: a front camera mounted on the booth, a side camera in the wing, an overhead camera mounted to the grid, and a camcorder hand-operated by the dancers throughout the piece.

There were twelve scenes, each with different video effects, ranging from motion detection and feedback effects to freeze-framed mosaics and digital backgrounds.