VIRTUAL REALITY – RITES – TRADITIONS – INTERACTIVITY – NEW TECHNOLOGIES
To create the opening show of the biennale, Nicolas Ticot worked with Vincent Harisdo choreographer and dancer in virtual reality. Digital Voodoo VR is the public realisation of these images.
Spectators will discover traditional forms of expression as well as elements of Voodoo in West Africa (Benin and Togo) integrated into Nicolas Ticot’s 3D graphic world. He uses the Unity video game, which allows spectators to interact with the images. Arts, technology and traditions; thousand-year old rites meet new technologies through a poetic process
Artists
Nicolas Ticot, conception originale, écriture, mise en scène
Vincent Harisdo, chorégraphe, danseur
Nicolas Thévenet, musicien
Bashir Sanogo, chanteur, musicien.
Associated researchers
Philippe Somnolet, ethnographe.
Technical team
Thomas Pradines, développeur
Guillaume Chiatello, développeur, graphiste 3D
Loic Teixera, développeur, intégrateur 3D
Alexandre Durieux, développeur/programmeur.
Project partners
Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences, Meylan — Atelier Arts Sciences, Grenoble — Musée des Confluences, Lyon — Théâtre Nouvelle Génération – Les Ateliers, Lyon — Atelier 14, Bordeaux — Centre de développement artistique Elijah – Ouidah (Bénin) — Métropole de Lyon.
+ THE SHOW
⇒ Show at Hexagone Digital Vaudou
DANSE — DIGITAL ARTS – CREATION
Thursday 01 / 8.00 pm – Friday 02 / 9.00 pm
A forerunner of VJing with a background in electro culture, Nicolas Ticot has long been interested in technological innovation. In anticipation of this show, he embarked on several trips to Africa, was invited resident fellow at places of digital culture, namely in Togo and Benin, where he discovered Voodoo culture.
+ FORUM
⇒ Come and listen to Nicolas Ticot’s presentation on Bodies, rites and technologies — Friday 09 / 10.30 am
