The Invisible Party is a choreographic installation in augmented reality as well as a performance that superimposes realities. It features two dancers, invisible to the naked eye, who appear to be emerging from a canvas. All you need to reveal them is a smartphone, or a tablet. Occasionally, the two flesh-and-blood dancers dance with their immaterial counterparts.
Guided by the Revy app, the audience triggers this invisible performance that questions our perception of reality and space.
The Invisible Party is a choreographic work in augmented reality.
There is a party going on in the space, but it can't be seen with the naked eye, only with a smartphone or a tablet. Through your screen you can see 2 dancers appear in Augmented Reality (AR). The dance is inspired by the musical piece Battements by Odalie
The artwork is presented in two complementary forms: a choreographic installation in augmented reality as well as a performance of superimposed realities. The installation is permanently accessible. Sometimes, the 2 real dancers also dance in flesh and blood: physical and immaterial dancers superimpose in the screens.
The physical dancers do something the immaterial dancers can't: they can touch each other, the elements of the space, react to what happens. The immaterial dancers create a new way of relating to each other and to space and time, opening a door to their inner world.
Our work explores in-between spaces, the links between body, space and technology, visible and invisible worlds, real and immaterial bodies. Can a digital world make us more conscious of our human physicality ?
The artwork is available on Revy, a free mobile app for AR creation and distribution (on App Store and Play Store).
The dancers seem to emerge from an image. This image, placed in the real space, is used as a marker to trigger the augmented reality experience. Once the image has been scanned, it is transformed: a dancer appears inside.
