Animated 3D outline of design and setup for Still/Live.

Documentation footage from the ReelDance Installation of Still/Live, June 2007.

Design

Still/Live involves a single kiosk style ‘desk’ outside a gallery or viewing area where members of the public can select and manipulate an animated dancer via a 10” touchscreen. At the same time, the manipulated figure is projected via a split feed onto a large 4:3 surface that is distanced from the interactive activity. There is no sound.

The 32 dancers involved in any iteration of Still/Live can be curated or selected from am ever-increasing pool of more than 70 dancers from around the world. In addition, it is possible to have local dancers filmed and animated so that they are able to be included in the installation. Still/Live is suitable for more formal (gallery) environments, but is also highly appropriate in the context of a foyer-based installation, in which accidental audiences and users occur and are drawn into the viewing and experiencing of the project.

Carlee Mellow