Want to make the moon follow you around on stage? Or mix music using coloured post-it notes?

Generate live visuals through movement? Generate data from your webcam?

This is a introductory workshop for anyone interested in making live video camera systems for interaction (colour / motion tracking) and generative design without having to code.

We'll be using the software ISADORA - popular in theatre, performance and art installation. Isadora has some really simple camera tracking tools, meaning that even with something as basic as a webcam, you can develop pretty sophisticated systems. These can then be easily integrated with Isadora's other tools such as projection mapping, video mixing, triggering sound, etc.

Isadora - camera tracking examples

Overview of the session:

• Isadora interface

• setting up webcams and other cameras

• tracking movement

• tracking position

• tracking colour

• calibration and scaling

• creating own installation

This workshop is FREE to residents of Cheshire East borough, limited to 8 places available to ensure a quality experience

Requirements:

You will need:

• Laptop (pc / mac)

• Install Isadora beforehand (demo version free)

• lunch

We will provide:

• Projectors

• usb webcams

This workshop is delivered by Sam Meech.

This workshop is part of PORTALS - an Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant funded project - touring this sci-fi interactive projection mapping installation by Sam Meech around the NW .