interactive – Maarten van der Glas https://maartenvanderglas.com Mixed Media Artist Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:09:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://maartenvanderglas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-M-32x32.png interactive – Maarten van der Glas https://maartenvanderglas.com 32 32 143952912 Like Dust https://maartenvanderglas.com/project_list/like-dust/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:21:13 +0000 https://maartenvanderglas.com/?post_type=project&p=568 ]]>

Like Dust is an interactive Graphic novel that tells the story of Sam Yazdanpanna and also symbolizes a much more universal story.

Every day thousands of young people flee from one country and travel to another country full of hope and expectations.

This journey is always accompanied by uncertainty and danger. You never know who you can trust and where you might end up. The Graphic novel ‘like dust’ shows that there is a whole story behind every refugee. It’s always easy to dismiss people as fortune seekers, or just numbers, but every individual who leaves their home goes through some kind of identity transformation.

This graphic novel is an ode to Sam’s mother Sahin Wakili and Yilmaz the human trafficker who gave him the future.

https://likedust.nl

Credits:
Script and Director – Sam Yazdanpanna
Producer – Bas Broertjes / Sam Yazdanpanna
Art Director / Illustrator Artist – Meysam Barza
Motion Design – Mustafa Kandaz
Motion Design Assistant – Nevzat Aydin / Savalan Godshi
Web Design and Coding – Maarten van der Glas
Web Coding Assistant – Lindsey Schaap
Audio Design – Olivier Rekers
Script Coach – David Henrich

THIS PROJECT IS FINANCIAL SUPPORTED BY

]]> 568 Reflecting Forward https://maartenvanderglas.com/project_list/reflecting-forward/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:44:26 +0000 http://maartenvanderglas.com/?post_type=project&p=191 ]]>

Reflecting Forward is a Digital Immersive Art exhibition that shows endless connections to reveal what the future can look like. 

Reflecting Forward is Irma de Vries first solo show. In MOCO museum, Amsterdam, the exhibition explores how digital technologies can connect us in new ways. she creates an all-accepting place and experience, where space, people, and modern technology blend in harmony. Reflecting Forward includes different installation art rooms.

Maarten van der Glas was involved in brainstorm sessions from the beginning, along the way developing technical concepts and to do development of part of the physical exhibition. Apart from realising the work technically, I also acted as an intermediair between the artistic vision and the translation in the medium of lights and computer software.

The immersive digital art involved a lot of new techniques: 500 individually controllable diamond lights, a light ceiling with 4000 individual LEDS, interactive video screens.

Diamond Matrix

As humans we undergo great pressures, yet socially, failing is not accepted. Diamonds, made of carbon, go through incredible stress, to emerge as shining jewels and one of the strongest materials on earth, so can you.
This installation of hundreds of light-up diamonds expresses that we participate in a bigger picture, sharing more similarities than differences. Life is messy and hard, but it makes us stronger. Celebrate your indestructible shine.

Who are the diamonds in your life?

Links:

http://www.studioirma.com

https://mocomuseum.com

https://www.iamsterdam.com

https://museumtijdschrift.nl/

Behind the Scenes

 

]]> 191 International Media Arts Festival 2019 Ulaanbaatar https://maartenvanderglas.com/project_list/ulaanbaatar-international-media-arts-festival/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:55:49 +0000 http://maartenvanderglas.com/?post_type=project&p=211 ]]>

For the Ulaanbaatar International Media Arts Festival (IMAF) Maarten van der Glas and Sara Orfali were invited to realise the opening act for the festival. The opening act comprised of a live surround video projection in the Dinosaur Museum of Ulanbataar, live motion tracking of a dancer and special video effects. Maarten van der Glas developed a custom rendering system and tracking system.

Arts Counsel Mongolia initiated the UIMAF in 2016 with the commitment to facilitate innovation, collaboration, strategic growth and cultural impact for the media arts in Mongolia.

The 4th edition of UBIMAF reflects on the theme of migration. Global events over the last decade make this an apt topic for artistic engagement.

The festival opening will take place at the Central Museum of Dinosaurs on June 27, 2019 with experimental performance “Arrival” a joint work by Mongolian, Dutch and German artists.

GREETING FROM THE GOETHE-INSTITUT

In an open, multilateral curatorial process, the Goethe-Institutes from 9 countries in East and Southeast Asia brought together curators from Mongolia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore to examine the relationship between art and migration.

The first of these exhibitions is the Ulaanbaatar International Media Art Festival.

MIGRATION IN MONGOLIA

UBIMAF reflects on the theme of migration. Global events over the last decade make this an apt topic for artistic and scholarly engagement. In 2019 the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that there are 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide.

Given the themes of UBMAF, it is appropriate that this festival is held in Ulaanbaatar: a city whose population has rapidly increased over the last thirty years under the influence of significant internal migration.

Links

Catalog

Behind the scenes

 

 

]]> 211 DIEDE Made in China https://maartenvanderglas.com/project_list/diede-made-in-china/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:15:55 +0000 http://maartenvanderglas.com/?post_type=project&p=271 ]]>

For the band DIEDE  “Made in China” tour Maarten van der Glas was commissioned to make a system that allowed 4 video screens to move on stage. During the set the screen were moved on stage to provide a suiting atmosphere.

The screens were in sync with the live audio set, mobile on stage and could be controlled with a controller on stage during the performance. My rol was to make a link between the Ableton Live audio set and the synced videos on screen, and program a controller for on the stage.

   

Official tour video

 

Visuals created by Glitterende Eenhoorn.

Commissioned and produced by Paradiso Melkweg Productions.

 

Links

http://www.diedemusic.com

https://paradiso.melkweg.nl

https://cargocollective.com/kloppenburg

 

]]> 271 SMOKE AND MIRRORS https://maartenvanderglas.com/project_list/smoke-and-mirrors/ Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:34:16 +0000 https://maartenvanderglas.com/?post_type=project&p=584 ]]> Smoke and Mirrors is a short contemporary dance piece about plastic and pollution. As rereach in the medium of video art / projection it is also an investigation in a way to use a projector as a projector of light  instead as a projector of images. By using different media the light is reflected on (smoke and plastic) light can be seem in space where it is normally hidden.

Credits:
Concept, software development and direction: Maarten van der Glas
Choreography and dance: Anastasia Kostner

 

Performances:
2016 – Opening ‘De Bovenkamer’, Radion,  Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 – Gallery Bart, Amsterdam, Netherlands

]]> 584 Into another body https://maartenvanderglas.com/project_list/into-another-body/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:02:03 +0000 http://maartenvanderglas.com/?post_type=project&p=348 ]]>
“Embarking on a journey through corporeal realms, ‘Into another body’ emerges as an enthralling dance opus intertwined with the ethereal tapestry of electronic music and video projection. Within this immersive experience, the dance, music, and visuals engage in a mesmerizing live dialogue, giving rise to a kaleidoscope of choreographic expressions.This avant-garde project delves deep into the intersection of dance and technology, weaving a narrative that transcends conventional boundaries. Harnessing the kinetic energy of the Kinect motion-tracking device, we delve into the intricacies of enlivening the human form upon a projected canvas. The result is a captivating interactive dance installation and a spellbinding performance, an exquisite interplay among personas that beckons the audience to traverse the threshold of artistic innovation.”

Chosen for the platform for young choreographers ‘Anticorpi XL 2014’ in Italy, where it toured further during the year 2015, amongst others at ‘Bolzano Danza’ and Aterteater Festival (IT).

Concept, Dramaturgy, Video Art and Software development: Maarten van der Glas
Dance and Choreography: Anastasia Kostner
Music by Jerke van den Braak, Bas Gebbing and Rutger Muller

Performed at:

‘Radion’ in Amsterdam
Alps Move 2013 in Italy
‘The Garage’ in San Francisco

PERFORMANCES:

2013 – Alps Move, Italy
2014 – ‘Anticorpi XL’ Festival, Rovereto, Italy
2014 – ‘The Garage’, San Fransisco, USA
2015 – Bergamo, Italy
2015 – ‘Bolzano Danza’, Italy
2015 – Aterteater Festival, Alta Badia, Italy

Click to view slideshow.

TAGS:
contemporary dance
3D visualisation
enbodyment
live video art

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