[ENG] Màgia per a Pixeloscopi is an interactive experimental magic show (45′) where the magician (and audience) uses augmented reality technology in the development of the magic tricks. It was a research project founded by the Phonos Foundation of UPF. The project was presented in several spaces and festivals, among which stand out the Art Festival Ingràvid of Figueres, or the CosmoCaixa Auditorium of Barcelona at the Nights of the Museums in 2010.
[CAT] Projecte d’experimentació en noves dramatúrgies. “Màgina per a Pixeloscopi” és un espectacle de màgia interactiva on el mag (i el públic) fa servir realitat augmentada en el desenvolupament de les seves accions. Un treball d’investigació becat per la Fundació Phonos on es va guionitzar i desenvolupar tècnicament trucs de màgia interactiva. El projecte es va presentar en diversos espais i festivals, entre d’ells el Festival d’Art Ingràvid de Figueres o l’Auditori CosmoCaixa de Barcelona la Nits de Museus el 2010.
Credits:
- Direction and Script: Carles Sora
- Interactive media: Anna Carreras, Carles Sora
- Magician: Màgic Jaïr
- Actress: Fiona Rycroft
- Stage director: Ferran Utzet
- Sound design: Ariadna Alsina
- Stage design: Martí Baltà
Academic Papers:
- Coupling digital and physical worlds in an AR magic show performance: Lessons learned Mixed and Augmented Reality - Arts, Media and Humanities, 2009. ISMAR-AMH 2009. IEEE International Symposium on , vol., no., pp.25-28, 19-22 Oct. 2009
- Exploring the boundaries of augmented reality in a magic show performance. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Enterntainment Technology (ACE ’09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 441-442. 2009
