8gg present: the air been broken
Archive | events | 2007 | Manchester | velocity
8gg use digital techniques to "create an open and mobile space infused with visual and audio elements". Within this digitised space performers interact with their surroundings to create new images and sounds via movement and expressions. The performer subsequently feeds off of these computerised reactions and a cycle is formed that creates an ever-changing and increasingly entwined performance. Inspired by human anatomy, movement and above all collaboration, the duo believe that a sense of joy in creating such works is paramount at all times. This is a live, exclusive performance in the shadow of the iconic URBIS building at which the public will be encouraged to participate via the giant screen, webcams, microphones and other sensors.
the air been broken for Manchester Urban Screens 07 is associated with the V.I.P. Room project by 8gg: part of the exhibition Outside the Box at Cornerhouse from 14th September – 11th November 2007. Commissioned by folly, these form the Manchester based elements of the VELOCITY Festival of Digital Culture taking place in and around the Morecambe Bay area from the 11th October to the 3rd November 2007.
Urban Screens 07 is both an international conference and a dense four-day programme of art and events in Manchester city centre - visit www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk to find out more.
Image: from 8gg's City Series (2007)
Funded by the Arts Council Lottery Fund
Saturday 13th October 2007, 12-12.30pm
8gg use digital techniques to "create an open and mobile space infused with visual and audio elements". Within this digitised space performers interact with their surroundings to create new images and sounds via movement and expressions. The performer subsequently feeds off of these computerised reactions and a cycle is formed that creates an ever-changing and increasingly entwined performance. Inspired by human anatomy, movement and above all collaboration, the duo believe that a sense of joy in creating such works is paramount at all times. This is a live, exclusive performance in the shadow of the iconic URBIS building at which the public will be encouraged to participate via the giant screen, webcams, microphones and other sensors.the air been broken for Manchester Urban Screens 07 is associated with the V.I.P. Room project by 8gg: part of the exhibition Outside the Box at Cornerhouse from 14th September – 11th November 2007. Commissioned by folly, these form the Manchester based elements of the VELOCITY Festival of Digital Culture taking place in and around the Morecambe Bay area from the 11th October to the 3rd November 2007.
Urban Screens 07 is both an international conference and a dense four-day programme of art and events in Manchester city centre - visit www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk to find out more.
Image: from 8gg's City Series (2007)
Funded by the Arts Council Lottery Fund
