KMA is a collaboration between media artists Kit Monkman and Tom Wexler (UK). KMA's work is primarily focused on the use of projected light to transform spaces and the interactions of people within those spaces. The idea of people gathering after dark to enact and / or watch a drama or ritual lies deep inside us and our ancestral history. It is surely one of the oldest, simplest and most essential of human responses to our fate. KMA's work seeks to explore this impulse in the context of the modern city. By combining sophisticated interactive technologies with an emotional narrative the work choreographs pedestrian's movement; it builds, sustains, and develops complex, physically networked, relations between the body, the individual, the crowd, and the city. KMA are best known for large scale public interactive works that use projected light and motion tracking technology to create immersive digital 'playgrounds' in existing public spaces. 'Flock' - based on 3 sections of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake - typifies this approach, and was presented at

Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square ( ) is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, laid out in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. At its centre is a high column bearing a statue of Admiral Nelson comm ...

, London as a co-commission by the

Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA c ...

and The

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Ope ...

, Covent Garden. Congregation (2010) was commissioned to represent the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.

Bibliography

* R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, V. Hanschke (2011). “A Touch of Code: Interactive Installations and Experiences”. Gestalten. . * Claire Lowther, Sarah Schultz (2008). "Bright: Architectural Illumination and Light Installations". Frame Publishers. . *

Ekow Eshun Ekow Eshun (born 27 May 1968) is a British writer, journalist, broadcaster, and curator. He is the editor-in-chief of the quarterly magazine ''Tank'', a former editor of ''Arena'' magazine, and the former director of the Institute of Contempor ...

, Pamela Jahn (2007). "How Soon Is Now: 60 Years of the Institute of Contemporary Arts". ICA. . * Chris Woodford, Jon Woodcock. "The Gadget Book: How Really Cool Stuff Works". Dorling Kindersley. . * Popat, S.; Palmer, S. (2008) "Embodied Interfaces: Dancing with Digital Sprites", Digital Creativity 19(2), pp. 1–13 * Palmer, S.; Popat, S. (2006) "Dancing in the Streets: The Sensuous Manifold as a Concept for Designing Experience", International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media 2(3), pp. 297–314 * Palmer, S. (2006) "A Place to Play - Experimentation and Interactions Between Technology and Performance" . In: White, C.A. & Oddey, A (eds.) "The Potentials of Spaces : International Scenography and Performance for the 21st Century", Bristol: Intellect Books, pp. 105–118. * Palmer, S. (2006) "Dance and Interactive Scenography: Exploratory approaches to making performance with technology" In: Friedman L. (ed), "Connectivity - 10th Biennial Symposium of Arts and Technology", Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA, pp. 125–136. * Popat, S.; Palmer, S. (2005) "Creating Common Ground: Dialogues Between Performance and Digital Technologies", International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 1(1), pp. 47–65. * Popat, S. (2006). "Invisible Connections: Dance, Choreography and Internet Communities", London & New York: Routledge. {{ISBN, 978-0-415-36475-1

External links

Artists' website
British artists Interactive art

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Bibliography

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