The OpenEnded Group
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The OpenEnded Group is a digital art
collective comprising Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, and Paul Kaiser. They are known for their advances in dance technology
(especially motion-capture), non-photorealistic rendering
, and the use of artificial intelligence
in art.
In dance, the OpenEnded Group has collaborated with prominent choreographers to create both installation art and stage pieces. With Merce Cunningham
, they created Hand-drawn Spaces (1998),, BIPED (1999), and Loops (2001–2008); with Bill T. Jones
, they created Ghostcatching (1999) and 22 (2005); and with Trisha Brown
, they created how long does the subject linger on the edge of the volume...(2005).
The OpenEnded Group has also created noteworthy public art installations. Pedestrian (2002) projected virtual figures directly on city sidewalks.
Successive commissions by the Mostly Mozart Festival of Lincoln Center placed two works outside Avery Fisher Hall: Enlightenment (2006) and Breath (2007). Recovered Light (2007) illuminated the eastern facade of the York Minster
with live reconstructions of the underlying stained glass.
In 2008, The OpenEnded Group initiated the Field project, an open source integrated development environment for making digital artworks. Concurrently it released the code base for its collaboration with Merce Cunningham, Loops, as open source, with Cunningham issuing a Creative Commons license for the underlying motion-capture data of his performance.
Current commissions include Horizon, a large interactive public artwork for Atlanta Airport, and Upending, a stereoscopic theater piece for EMPAC.
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
collective comprising Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, and Paul Kaiser. They are known for their advances in dance technology
Dance technology
The terms dance technology and Dance and Technology refer to application of modern information technology in activities related to dance: in dance education, choreography, performance, and research.-Dance education:...
(especially motion-capture), non-photorealistic rendering
Non-photorealistic rendering
Non-Photorealistic rendering is an area of computer graphics that focuses on enabling a wide variety of expressive styles for digital art. In contrast to traditional computer graphics, which has focused on photorealism, NPR is inspired by artistic styles such as painting, drawing, technical...
, and the use of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
in art.
In dance, the OpenEnded Group has collaborated with prominent choreographers to create both installation art and stage pieces. With Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Mercier "Merce" Philip Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years. Throughout much of his life, Cunningham was considered one of the greatest creative forces in American dance...
, they created Hand-drawn Spaces (1998),, BIPED (1999), and Loops (2001–2008); with Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones is an American artistic director, choreographer and dancer.-Early life:Jones was born in Bunnell, Florida and his family moved North as part of the Great Migration in the first half of the twentieth century. They settled in Wayland, New York, where Jones attended Wayland High School...
, they created Ghostcatching (1999) and 22 (2005); and with Trisha Brown
Trisha Brown
Trisha Brown is a postmodernist American choreographer and dancer.Brown was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and received a B.A. degree in dance from Mills College in 1958. Brown later received a D.F.A. from Bates College in 2000. For several summers she studied with Louis Horst at the American Dance...
, they created how long does the subject linger on the edge of the volume...(2005).
The OpenEnded Group has also created noteworthy public art installations. Pedestrian (2002) projected virtual figures directly on city sidewalks.
Successive commissions by the Mostly Mozart Festival of Lincoln Center placed two works outside Avery Fisher Hall: Enlightenment (2006) and Breath (2007). Recovered Light (2007) illuminated the eastern facade of the York Minster
York Minster
York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by...
with live reconstructions of the underlying stained glass.
In 2008, The OpenEnded Group initiated the Field project, an open source integrated development environment for making digital artworks. Concurrently it released the code base for its collaboration with Merce Cunningham, Loops, as open source, with Cunningham issuing a Creative Commons license for the underlying motion-capture data of his performance.
Current commissions include Horizon, a large interactive public artwork for Atlanta Airport, and Upending, a stereoscopic theater piece for EMPAC.
External links
- The OpenEnded Group website
- Field - open source authoring environment website
- Lincoln Center's "microsite" for Breath (2008)