Golem

An immersive dance project – live in Berlin & worldwide in VR

Welcome to GOLEM, an immersive dance project radicalizing the physical body in the virtual world!

A contemporary dance performance pioneering the human body through the virtual space. This joint-institution, international, and interdisciplinary research project explores the dancing body through technologies such as motion-capture sensors, virtual reality headsets, digital avatars, and the physical stage to wield a narrative between man and machine. The resulting work seeks to question the human body’s engagement, sensorial response, and viewership with advanced technologies in the fields of virtual design and dance.

Studierende des 6. Semesters im Studiengang VIRTUAL DESIGN haben unter Leitung von Prof. Matthias Pfaff und Prof. Christian Schmachtenberg die Schnittstelle zur Virtuellen Realität geschaffen, die den impulsiven und emotionalen Bewegungen der Tanzgruppe um die stipendiumsgeförderte Tänzerin und Choreografin Carly Lave aus den USA eine Live-Entsprechung im virtuellen Raum verschaffen.

GOLEM WINS SILVER

The immersive VR dance performance in collaboration with Carly Lave (San Francisco), gamelab.berlin and our Virtual Design department was awarded with silber at the CommAwards in Munich. The jury honours the future aspect of this performance and credits its professional execution.

Credits

Direction & Choreography Carly Lave

Performers Cheng-Jung Tsai, Melissa Ferrari, Janan Laubscher, John Sydner

Concept & Experience Design Carly Lave, gamelab.berlin & University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern | Virtual Design

Technology Prof. Matthias Pfaff, Till Rheinländer

Programming Till Rheinländer

Creative Direction VR Prof. Matthias Pfaff

Storytelling Carly Lave, Tom Lilge, Prof. Christian Schmachtenberg

VR-Development University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern | Virtual Design

Virtual Design Till Rheinländer, Jessica Avarello, Alina Braun, Chi-My Bui, Sabrina Elzer, Martin Eisel-Ende, Vanessa Henke, Meike Michel, Joëlle Asuka Schmidt, Virginia Scholz, Melissa Yau

Motion Capture Michael Wetzelt, Hauke Wiemer, Rebecca Mertlich

Sound Design Arushi Jain / Ghunghru

Film Production Will Hamilton / Indexthumb

Brand Design Will Hamilton / Indexthumb

PR Vanja Prokic