The Qualcomm Institute | IDEAS Performance: Learning to Move, Learning to Play, Learning to Animate @calit2 | Uploaded 2 months ago | Updated 16 hours ago
Learning to Move, Learning to Play, Learning to Animate is a cross-disciplinary multimedia performance piece featuring self-developed found material robots, real-time AI generation, motion tracking, audio spatialization, and bio-feedback-based audio synthesis. The immersive piece challenges the human-centric perspective and invites audiences to contemplate the coexistence of technology, nature, and us.
Credits （in alphabetical order):
Co-Directors: Mingyong Cheng, Sophia Sun, Han Zhang
Performers: Yuemeng Gu, Erika Roos
Robotic Engineer: Sophia Sun
Visual Artist: Mingyong Cheng
Sound Designer: Han Zhang
Lighting Engineer: Zehao Wang, Han Zhang
Video Editor: Yuemeng Gu
Post Production Coordinator: Mingyong Cheng
Technical & Installation Support: Yifan Guo, Ke Li, Zehao Wang, Zetao Yu
Special thanks to Palka Puri for plant support, the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) program at the University of California San Diego and Qualcomm Institute for sponsoring this project, and the AV team from the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) for installation and media support.
Learning to Move, Learning to Play, Learning to Animate is a cross-disciplinary multimedia performance piece featuring self-developed found material robots, real-time AI generation, motion tracking, audio spatialization, and bio-feedback-based audio synthesis. The immersive piece challenges the human-centric perspective and invites audiences to contemplate the coexistence of technology, nature, and us.
Credits （in alphabetical order):
Co-Directors: Mingyong Cheng, Sophia Sun, Han Zhang
Performers: Yuemeng Gu, Erika Roos
Robotic Engineer: Sophia Sun
Visual Artist: Mingyong Cheng
Sound Designer: Han Zhang
Lighting Engineer: Zehao Wang, Han Zhang
Video Editor: Yuemeng Gu
Post Production Coordinator: Mingyong Cheng
Technical & Installation Support: Yifan Guo, Ke Li, Zehao Wang, Zetao Yu
Special thanks to Palka Puri for plant support, the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) program at the University of California San Diego and Qualcomm Institute for sponsoring this project, and the AV team from the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) for installation and media support.
