The Umbrella Project (UP!) transforms community spaces into an unforgettable landscape of sound and vision.
Using lighted umbrellas developed in collaboration with MIT, participants create a visually stunning experience—no training or rehearsals needed! The immersive experience is like a multi-generational roller disco party meets visual art!
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Audience members wield lighted umbrellas in a large-scale, live performance piece created in collaboration with MIT. As participants change the color of their umbrellas the collective landscape of colored bodies shifts. Shown in real-time via a bird’s-eye-view projection, the view is stunning, colorful, and a visual indication of the “whole” indeed being greater than the sum of its parts.
CREATED 2012
COLLABORATORS: Pilobolus and CSAIL at MIT Distributed Robotics Laboratory
ORIGINALLY PERFORMED:
POP! Tech, Camden, Maine (2012)
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE :
Cambridge, MA, USA (2013)
Baltimore, MD, USA (2016)
Singapore, Singapore (2016)
Brooklyn, NY, USA (2017)