“Schlemmer x Beats”: Interactive Techno Art-Club

Studioproduktion Event Media
© Niels Keller; Ilkay Karakurt
© Niels Keller; Ilkay Karakurt
© Niels Keller; Ilkay Karakurt
© Niels Keller; Ilkay Karakurt
© Niels Keller; Ilkay Karakurt
© Niels Keller; Ilkay Karakurt
Published in the
Event Design Yearbook 2022/2023
Book cover

Description

On the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of Bauhaus, students at HdM Stuttgart were involved with a reinterpretation of the Triadic Ballet by Oskar Schlemmer. Their aim was to revive the ballet as a form of art and to create a meaningful, gamified, location-based and mixed-reality museum experience. The result was Schlemmer x Beats – an interactive techno art club in the Stuttgart State Gallery.

The unusual art experience was divided into two phases: First of all, visitors configured a triad at “triadic selection pillars”. The pillars designed with 3D plaster printing were dedicated to Oskar Schlemmer’s concept of three “acts” and “styles”: three moods and three types of costume. By rotating the pillars, visitors selected new combinations of a triadic costume. All of them bore Bauhaus names such as Oskar, Mies, Lilli, Anni or Walter.

After the configuration, the real-time online projection of the dancers in the virtual club continued. Visitors and dancers entered the room. Each triad was accorded “10 seconds of fame”: It grew, its name floated over its head and it performed special movements, for which Schlemmer’s original choreographies were extended and transferred to techno beats. They were digitised using professional dancers
wearing motion capturing suits. The movement restriction was also incorporated through the virtual costumes.

The movements of the DJs were also recorded by means of motion capturing suits and transferred to the virtual “DJ Schlemmer” dancing behind the console. The range of moods among the digital triadic dancers was reflected in suitable music respectively.

Details

Agency
Studioproduktion Event Media
Client
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Year
2020
City
Stuttgart
Country
Germany
Dramaturgy
Daniel Zinser; Svetoslav Mitsev; Shari Molges
Direction / Coordination
Daniel Zinser; Julia Koken; Corbinian Pfeiffer; Sophia Schimpgen
Architecture / Design
Daniel Zinser; David Waldow; Svetoslav Mitsev
Graphics
Daniel Zinser; Sophia Schimpgen
Lighting
David Waldow; Svetoslav Mitsev
Media
Franka Bittner; Niels Keller; Markus Hirsch; Torben Rumpf
Films
Franka Bittner, Andrea Guerrero (Modelling)
Music
David Waldow; Corbinian Pfeiffer
Construction
Andrea Guerrero; Ria Goller; Torben Rumpf
Others
VISUELL Studio für Kommunikation (Media planning consultation); ICT / WIREWORX Gesellschaft für audiovisuelle Medien / Skyeline-live soundtechnik / b&b eventtechnik (Media technology)
Supervision
Prof. Ursula Drees (Artistic direction); Steffen Mühlhöfer (Technical direction)

Categories

Industry
Education, Entertainment & Art
Location
Museum/Gallery
Topic
Art, Digital, Extraordinary Experience, Fun, Mixed Reality, Music, Transformation
Type
Culture & Art, Interactive Installation, Multimedia Installation, Virtual Experience