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SUMMARY:Inferno (Louis-Philippe Demers & Bill Vorn)
LOCATION:Kidney Lawn\, The Dome
DESCRIPTION:The unforgettable cyborg experience\, part robotic dance party\, part wake-up call from the future.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Inferno (Louis-Philippe Demers & Bill Vorn)</strong></p><p>The unforgettable cyborg experience\, part robotic dance party\, part wake-up call from the future.<span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p>Machine art is about to meet the demonic\, in a dynamic crash-merging of spectral mechanics and human imagination.&nbsp\;Inspired by ideas of control and Dante&#39\;s depiction of the Circles of Hell\,&nbsp\;<em>Inferno</em>&nbsp\;confronts what it means to surrender to human-robotic symbiotic relationships.<br /><br />In an age of intelligent machines\, who is in control?<br /><br /><strong>Audience Participation</strong><br />What makes this participative installation unique is that five&nbsp\;members of the audience will be strapped into an exoskeleton that will drive their movements via a computer program resulting in a startling choreography. Audience participation will be requested at the beginning of the session.&nbsp\;The rest of the audience will witness&nbsp\;the extraordinary spectacle of cyborg machines dancing their human subjects.<br /><br />QUT Creative Lab&rsquo\;s Director <strong>Louis-Philippe Demers</strong> created and designed <em>Inferno</em>. Prof. Demers is&nbsp\;an award winning\, multidisciplinary artist known for his avant-garde use of robotics in large scale installations and stage productions.&nbsp\;<br /><br />Limited drop-in availability on the day</p><p><strong>Duration</strong><br />30 minutes per performance</p><p><strong>Sessions</strong><br />10:00am\, 10.30am\,&nbsp\;11:00am\, 11:30am 12:00pm\, 12:30pm\, 1:00pm\, 1:30pm\, 2:00pm\, 2:30pm\, 3:00pm<br /><br /><strong>Suitability&nbsp\;</strong><br /><img alt="" height="54" src="https://www.qut.edu.au/news/news-image?image=119482.jpeg" width="54" /></p><p>Must be aged 16+ to enter <em>Inferno</em> as a participant<br /><br /><strong>Warnings</strong><br />Loud noises\, strobe effects and theatrical haze&nbsp\;<br /><br /><strong>Acknowledgements</strong><br />QUT Creative Lab</p><p>&nbsp\;</p>
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