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Footage from performances of KMA's 2010 work 'Congregation', with excerpts from performances in Shanghai and outside Tate Britain in London. Congregation uses projected light influenced by the motion of the audience to explore themes of the individual and collective need to understand and make sense of unfamiliar environments and events. The score for the work was written by Peter Broderick. Congregation is a SCAN commission and KMA are very grateful…
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Great Street Games was a projected created by KMA for the cities of Gateshead, Middlesbrough and Sunderland as part of the cultural programme of the Great North Run in October 2009. It took the form of a live, simultaneous light installation and game played between the three cities, using pedestrians as participants. In essence, the game involved pushing 'pucks' of light from your city's playing space into those of the other cities, points being awarded…
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Brief Encounters is an interactive installation created by KMA for the National Railway Museum in York, UK. 13 semi-transparent LED screens were suspended in the shape of a bridge traversing the turntable in the Great Hall, and visitors were invited to send themselves on a journey to the top of the structure, where they ultimately meet with the traveller from the far side of the turntable. The images were captured using a thermal camera, creating…
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The 'Great Street Games' was a giant, networked inter-city game played between Gateshead, Middlesbrough and Sunderland (all in the North East of England) between 28th October and 1st November 2009. The piece was created to explore a sense of connection and playfulness in multiple urban open spaces, using only projected light and sound. The essence of the game was to knock the pucks of light into the goals at each end of the playing area, when they…
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Strange Attractors (The Anatomy of Dr. Tulp) is a kinetic light installation exploring the relationships between human bodies, both real and imagined. A prone figure lies in the centre of an empty square, and passers by are invited to participate in the ritualistic exploration of the environment. Strange Attractors was commissioned by FACT for the inaugural Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival, held in Liverpool in September 2009. The piece was…
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