STRINGS in webXR

Can we touch and move each other on the internet? How can technology brings us together again, encourage us to rethink how our bodies interact and help us find a new sense of togetherness?

STRINGS is a series of works inviting remote audiences to interact with a dancer wearing connected electronic devices on each arm and leg.

In this version of STRINGS created specifically for webXR, the actions of the audience in the virtual world affect the physical body of the dancer through networked wearables. Using this interactive system, the audience collectively decides how the dancer should move. Each instruction acts as invisible strings to (re)animate a living and dancing body.

STRINGS has been presented as part of OnBoardXR, an evening of live performances in WebXR.

STRINGS: Underwater

After a terrible storm that led to the ship sinking to the bottom of the ocean, the audience will find an inanimate body still trapped in her cabin. She will need their collective actions to reanimate her and help her swim back to the surface.

STRINGS: The Prisoner

Found locked up and inanimate in one of the pirates' cells, she will rely on the collective actions of the audience to reanimate her and set her free. Audience members will use their own virtual bodies in the space to interact with her, thanks to connected devices she wears on each arm and leg. Each instruction acts as invisible strings to (re)animate a living and dancing body.