Event 3: Toni Dove
The third event I attended this quarter was “Motion as a Sentience and the Pygmalion Complex” featuring Toni Dove, an artist that is breaking the veiling in interactive and immersive art. II found her method of work to be highly innovative in her use of motion sensing and machine learning technology to break the fourth wall in her experimental theatre productions. In course of the event we were shown some of her flagship work from the Bermant Collection of media and kinetic arts. Screenshot of "Motion Connection" I personally was in awe of ‘The Dress That Eats Souls’, an interactive cinema / robotics installation where the dress is a projection screen with a cinemascope above. The dress mimics the movement of the person in front of it and talks to them, giving a mix of your own perception and a point of view from inside it to understand the history. The message of this project is progress which I imagine is very evident if seen in person. Screenshot of "The Dress T...