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Red Crossing at Somerset House in London

Posted: May 10, 2022

Red Crossing was shown at Somerset House in London in the 2022 edition of NowPlayThis, a festival of experimental game design that explored the relationship between game design and democracy (in collaboration with Nick Tobier).

Red Crossing. Participatory public performance. “Now Play This – A Festival of Experimental Game Design”. Somerset House, London, UK. Photo: Ben Peter Catchpole

Somerset House, London, UK. Photo: Ben Peter Catchpole

All-Nite Tetherball at DLECTRICITY

Posted: October 28, 2021

All-Nite Tetherball premièred at DLEC­TRIC­ITY, a major light-based art + technology festival in Detroit on Sep 24-252021. Set up on municipal light poles, this installation creates an urban icon with references to both the neighborhood barber pole — an illuminated, spinning column of stripes that calls out to pedestrians — and street games (in collaboration with Nick Tobier, Michael Rodemer).

All-Nite Tetherball. Interactive Installation. Group Exhibition “DLECTRICITY — Detroit’s Nighttime Exhibition of Art & Light”, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Red Crossing premieres at the Prague Quadrennial

Posted: June 18, 2019

On June 10th, Red Crossing premiered at the Prague Quadrennial 2019. Red Crossing is a participatory public performance centered on a red walkway that can be lifted like a life saving net allowing pedestrians to float a few feet above the ground.

Group exhibition: Formations, Prague Quadrennial 2019. Prague Exhibition Grounds (Výstaviště Praha), Prague, Czech Republic. Video: Assocreation.

Red Crossing. Participatory public performance, 2019. Group exhibition: Formations, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Prague Exhibition Grounds (Výstaviště Praha), Prague, Czech Republic. Video: Assocreation.

Group exhibition: Formations, Prague Quadrennial 2019. Prague Exhibition Grounds (Výstaviště Praha), Prague, Czech Republic. Video: Assocreation.

Pipa Vista in São Paulo

Posted: June 18, 2019

From May 12-26th, 2019, Assocreation was at Instituto Acaia, an art-based school in São Paulo, to work on the first edition of Pipa Vista, a kite-drone project exploring fleeting personal perspectives from the sky (in collaboration with Stamps School MDes C4).

Pipa Vista, Instituto Acaia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Video: Assocreation.

Pipa Vista. Urban Intervention, 2019. Instituto Acaia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Photo: Assocreation.

São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Photo: Assocreation.

Brightmoor Runway in Detroit

Posted: October 17, 2017

Brightmoor Runway transforms a section of a sidewalk into an interactive running, play, and exercise track. A modified radar speed sign invites pedestrians to test their personal speed limits from 3.0-19.9mph (in collaboration with Nick Tobier and Michael Flynn and supported by KaBOOM’s Play Everywhere grant).

Brightmoor Runway. Urban Intervention 2017. Detroit, Michigan, USA. Photo: Assocreation.

Detroit, Michigan, USA. Photo: Assocreation

Brightmoor Runway. Urban Intervention 2017. Detroit, Michigan, USA. Photo: Assocreation.

Detroit, Michigan, USA. Photo: Assocreation

Dumpster Swimming Pool in Vienna

Posted: July 1, 2017

Assocreation’s 3rd edition of “Dumpster Swimming Pool” at the opening of “10 Jahre werkzeugH”, Vienna, Austria (July 1, 2017).

Dumpster Swimming Pool. Installation 2017. "10 Jahre WerkzeugH", Vienna, Austria. Photo: WerkzeugH.

“10 Jahre WerkzeugH”, Vienna, Austria. Photo: WerkzeugH.

Rolling Shadows in South Brisbane, Australia

Posted: December 9, 2016

Rolling Shadows on display at “CreateWorld 2016: The Creativity of Things” at Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, Australia (Dec 8-9, 2016).

Rolling Shadows. Installation 2016. "CreateWorld 2016: The Creativity of Things”, Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, Australia. Photo: Seth Ellis

“CreateWorld 2016: The Creativity of Things”, Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, Australia. Photo: Seth Ellis

Internet of Shoes at ISEA2016 Honk Kong

Posted: June 8, 2016

Assocreation shows a first proof of concept of Internet of Shoes – an experimental swarm light installation and network for collective action – at the 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Arts in Hong Kong (May 16-22, 2016). This work is part of an ongoing research project in collaboration with Lab 11, an embedded systems research group at the University of Michigan.

The Internet of Shoes highlights our massive data trails that we leave behind when we walk in cities where everything – wearables, homes, environments, etc. – is smart and connected turning our bodies into nodes of a control and commodification system.

Internet of Shoes, ISEA2016 Hong Kong. Video: Assocreation.

Solar Pink Pong Awarded at Japan Media Arts Festival

Posted: February 8, 2016

Solar Pink Pong received an Excellence Award in the entertainment division at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival. The awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday February 2, 2016 at the National Art Center, Tokyo, where all award winning works will be on display from Feb 3 – Feb 14, 2016.

Solar Pink Pong. Interactive installation 2016. “19th Japan Media Arts Festival - Exhibition of Award Winning Works”. The National Art Center, Tokyo (Japan). Photo: JMAF.

The National Art Center, Tokyo (Japan). Photo: JMAF.

Solar Pink Pong. Interactive installation 2016. “19th Japan Media Arts Festival - Exhibition of Award Winning Works”. The National Art Center, Tokyo (Japan). Photo: JMAF.

The National Art Center, Tokyo (Japan). Photo: JMAF.