P(AR)take - South Africa's First Virtual Augmented Dance Archive
The National Arts Festival & Screendance Africa (PTY) Ltd
National Arts Festival Grahamstown South Africa 07-11 July 2014
Conceived and Curated by Jeannette Ginslov
P(AR)take is a virtual archive of South African Contemporary Dance that appeared at the National Arts Festival from 1984 and is accessed by using the free AR (Augmented Reality) app Aurasma on Android or iOS smart mobile devices. With Aurasma one is able to access the archive triggering ten short video clips of South African choreographers' works that appeared on the Main Programme during South Africa's political transformation. Videos were edited and curated by Jeannette Ginslov of Screendance Africa (Pty) Ltd with research assistant Ester van der Walt. Poster: Robert Haxton.
MEETING POINT: The Drostdy Arch. Monday 07-10 July at 11:00 and Friday 11 July at 12:00. Here the audience downloads Aurasma, follows the P(AR)take Channel and tests the first tagged board, before heading off to the 5 dance venues in Grahamstown where there are 10 tagged boards:
The National Arts Festival & Screendance Africa (PTY) Ltd
National Arts Festival Grahamstown South Africa 07-11 July 2014
Conceived and Curated by Jeannette Ginslov
P(AR)take is a virtual archive of South African Contemporary Dance that appeared at the National Arts Festival from 1984 and is accessed by using the free AR (Augmented Reality) app Aurasma on Android or iOS smart mobile devices. With Aurasma one is able to access the archive triggering ten short video clips of South African choreographers' works that appeared on the Main Programme during South Africa's political transformation. Videos were edited and curated by Jeannette Ginslov of Screendance Africa (Pty) Ltd with research assistant Ester van der Walt. Poster: Robert Haxton.
MEETING POINT: The Drostdy Arch. Monday 07-10 July at 11:00 and Friday 11 July at 12:00. Here the audience downloads Aurasma, follows the P(AR)take Channel and tests the first tagged board, before heading off to the 5 dance venues in Grahamstown where there are 10 tagged boards:
THE TEN ARCHIVE VIDEOS
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