Shadow awareness: Enhancing theater space through the mutual projection of images on a connective slit screen

Yoshiyuki Miwa; Shiroh Itai; Takabumi Watanabe; Hiroko Nishi

doi:10.1145/2019342.2019347

Shadow awareness: Enhancing theater space through the mutual projection of images on a connective slit screen

Yoshiyuki Miwa, Shiroh Itai, Takabumi Watanabe, Hiroko Nishi

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Abstract

This study discusses media technology that enables the continuous creation of performers' physical improvisation as inspired by the refection of imagery evoked from the audience. To realize this, the authors have focused on "shadow media," which promote the continuous creation of imagery through "bodily awareness." The authors have developed a system that can project shadows of the performers in various ways, which are then transformed into various shapes and colors. The shadows are connected to the performers' feet and projected on a "passable" slit screen set up between the stage and the audience. As a result, the interactive and mutual creation of imagery by performers and audience can form an " empathetic" stage. To demonstrate its validity, the authors applied the system to a dance performance at Festival della Scienza in Genoa, Italy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH'11
Pages	325-333
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2019342.2019347
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH'11 - Vancouver, BC Duration: 2011 Aug 7 → 2011 Aug 11

Other

Other	ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH'11
City	Vancouver, BC
Period	11/8/7 → 11/8/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Human-Computer Interaction

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