In an age of rapid technological change and the rising prominence of generative AI tools, technology can feel like a scary black box. Indeed, many technological tools are extractive, opaque, and unknowable. But technology can also be empowering—as long as we don’t lose sight of our humanity. This event will be a celebration of human movement and the ways that technology can respond, not control, how we move.
Audience participants can move, sway, dance, and vibe in the room in front of a camera; this camera will be connected to custom software that will warp and affect visual projections on the walls, and also will change the music in real time according to their types of movement. Artists Ben Dexter Cooley (aka St. Silva) and Nate Hicks (aka Silence_Castor) will act as guides through a series of scenes: sonic and visual portals to inspire all kinds of movement from dreamy ambient soundscapes to pulsing electronic beats. Each scene will adapt and change depending on who shows up and how they move. Come witness and create the art of movement!
This Bright Ideas Project was crowdsourced from Vermonters and is generously presented by EastRise.
Programming at BCA Center is presented by Lake Champlain Chocolates