Breaking the Ice

Breaking the Ice: Society for Arts and Technology (Canada)
at Great Northern Way Campus and the Bibliotèque de Montréal



Breaking the Ice is an installation developed by the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] that connects in real-time the audience at CODE Live 1 with participants at the other end of the country. As audience members in Vancouver approach the installations screen, they encounter an icy window displaying their counterparts thousands of kilometers away in Montreal. Through real-time telepresence, participants can connect, interact and proceed to play using a human size touchscreen. After virtually melting the digital frost between the users, a live video transmission from the other city is revealed. Users can play in this frosty atmosphere, hand-drawing in the ice, using snowflakes to re-freeze the scene. The ice might also break completely, requiring participants to piece together the shattered fragments. Through one of
the fastest internet lines in the world, and with live audio/video streaming, this game will allow audience members in Montreal and Vancouver to literally break the ice.


Montreal's SAT is also involved with a live connected performance Jamming the Network on Saturday evening. W2 collaborated in 2009 at this same Great Northern Way site for Raw Materials, a live telepresence connected performance with our friends at SAT.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• SAT