Content, Event, Live Performance

NEON INDIAN/ LIVE GENERATIVE PERFORMANCE

New York agency Listen approached us with an opportunity to work with Microsoft and electronic artist Neon Indian. The collaboration took the form of enhancing Neon Indian's live show to debut at the 2015 CMJ Music Marathon. Throughout the development period, we worked with both Listen and Neon Indian to arrive at creative output that would compliment the aesthetic of VEGA INTL. Nightschool, Neon Indian's recent album release.

INSIDE THE MUSIC OF NEON INDIAN

We created responsive, visual content for Neon Indian’s performance at the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC by developing a custom multi-Kinect (5) system that encapsulated and tracked the band lead, Alan Palomo, and his band members.The system mapped their movement and projected an augmented reconstruction of their reality back onto a displayed screen using multiple angles, movement and form.

 

Each song was treated with a unique visual to surprise and uncover the performance for the audience. We wanted to create a robust system using Kinect technology that was scalable and could be used with any artist or band in a live performance.

PRESS

• WIRED: The Light Show in Neon Indian’s New Video Is Kinect Powered.

• SPIN: CMJ 2015: Neon Indian Enters a Laser-Lit Jungle at ‘VEGA INTL. Night School’ Show.

• Microsoft Blog: Kinect recreates reality and brings new dimension to live show at CMJ Music Marathon.

CREDITS +

Client: MicrosoftAgency: ListenKamil Nawratil: Creative DirectorVincent Houzé: TouchDesigner GLSL Shader DeveloperJavier Cruz: TouchDesigner ContentPa Her: Project Management

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