The Delhi International Arts Festival has brought to the city some unique performances from across the world to expose the connoisseurs of art to something different.
One such unique performance was by the Maria Kong International Movement Collective based in Tel Aviv that brought to Kamani Auditorium a dance production titled Open Source.
The performance told a story of a bride-to-be who realises that she exists in the virtual world of a video game, programmed and controlled by a gamer who controls not only her but the groom, a secretary and a messenger boy. The gamer is in love with the bride-to-be and enters his own game in order to win her heart. The story was told using dance, music and special effects created by a specially designed digital glove worn by the gamer. The glove technology that was developed by the Maria Kong company enabled seamless synchronisation of sound and movement on stage.
Apart from the dance skills and stage presence, what shone out was the work of the production team that made effective use of lights, effects, background score and wireless technology to create a feeling of being inside the world of a video game.
The performance was a visual delight and opened the audience’s mind to how technology can be used in performance art.
