Événement

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A full immersion art-party experience

Conceived, created and performed by OMTA and LeeSaar The Company

with special guests, live music and open bar

Do touch the artwork. Do not turn off your cell phone. Do walk, talk, laugh and drink during the performance. Get ready for a CLOSE-UP.

"We are not interested in a one sided relationship with the viewers where they remain passive, as viewers that pass by. In this age of information and technology the crowds are no longer passive, they are active participants."declare new media artists Omer and Tal Golan of OMTA. The duo of Israeli-born, NYC-based creators has been experimenting with their unique mix of live performance and medially transformed imagery, often exploring the notion of self-awareness and self-image in the media-saturated contemporary world. Now, in their first collaboration with acclaimed choreographers Saar Harari and Lee Sher and dancers of LeeSaar The Company, they create an ever-changing environment that combines live dance, theater and music with interactive video and audio recorded, mixed and projected in real time. Transcending a black-box theater experience, CLOSE UP invites visitors to dive into the performance and participate in what is happening not as passive audiences, but as co-creators. CLOSE UP is the first multimedia collaboration for LeeSaar The Company, known for their lush productions and highly sensual sensibility. "We have been trying to work with video for a long time but didn't find the right artistic collaborators. When we met Omer and Tal, the interest and conversation flow very organically," - says Saar Harari.

In CLOSE UP, the technology meets live performing arts. The elaborate high-tech setup (consisting of OMTA-coded custom software, motion sensors, multiple cameras around the space and large-scale interactive projections that encompass the audience) is a backbone of what eventually becomes a celebration of sensual presence. The sensory input is there to allow the audience to experience the space, the dancers, the visuals, the music, the chatter of the crowd and eventually, the groove of their own bodies.