Voiceless AR - In Progress
Overview
Chroma is working in collaboration with re:Naissance Opera to create Voiceless AR - an augmented reality mobile app that features a series of operatic works around the theme of ‘Voicelessness’.
The AR experience will bring the performances of 8 opera singers to life with the use of MOCAP animation. Audiences will be able to watch and listen to the performances by pointing their smartphone or tablet at any flat surface - opera in your home! Each performance will also be accompanied by a virtual set for the animated singers to move around in.
This project is inspired by the numerous opera singers who have lost work as a result of the pandemic and the audiences who miss hearing and seeing these performers. The theme of “voicelessness” reflects the feelings shared particularly among opera singers whose livelihoods have dramatically shifted from precarious to pretty much non-existent as so-called “super-spreaders” of COVID-19, as well as our imperative to ensure representation of those who have been historically marginalized and rendered voiceless due to their race, ethnicity, gender, age, and/or sexual orientation.
Supporters
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. website: canadacouncil.ca |