Workshop by !Co LAPse KoDe collective, international residents at Marginalia+Lab will explore the motion tracking software OBJSCRS, used by them in performances interfaced with video, audio and other media.
DATES AND HOURS
06/16/11, thursday,19h to 22h
06/17/11, friday , 19H to 22h
06/18/11, saturday, 10h to 13h
PLACE
Marginalia+Lab – Av. Brasil, 75, Cj. 3 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
COST
This workshop is free of charge
DESCRIPTION
The workshop will unfold three main aspects of motion tracking as found in the OBJSCRS program, a motion tracking software used by !Co LAPse KoDe collective for performance works.
INPUT
Motion tracking is based on the analysis of differences between images in a video input. We’ll propose an exploration of how these differences are built in OBJSCRS, then trace new paths from the video input to the actual motion tracker.
OUTPUT
Often kept as an internal object in motion tracking applications, the resulting data structure of the tracking process will constitute the subject of the second part of the workshop. We’ll build visualizations out of this data structure, whether on screen or in any other possible form.
EVENTS
At this point, we’ll play with the specific way the program deals with event triggering by means of scores. OBJSCRS offers a large variety of possible responses to motion tracking, using it to trigger different features, from video overlay to arithmetic operations. We’ll dedicate this last part of the workshop at writing new scores, and possibly new objects, which will be played by the program in interaction with attendees.
COORDINATOR
Pierre Marchand (collectif !Co LAPse KoDe): Lives and works in Brussels as an artist and software developer. He has a vast experience in the graphics free software community as co-developer packages as Scribus and Fontmatrix. As a member of the Open Source Publishing team experiments with new languages and forms. He also designs maps, websites and various custom-based software for artists.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Those who have some interest or knowledge on programming.
RECOMMENDED MATERIAL
Computer with Linux installed (a few will be available, but not enough for everyone – bring your own if you can).
Webcam
And other material of your choice, like image, video,.. that would like to use with Objscrs
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