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Musical Pong – Interactive Kids Game

Aaron — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:50:12 +0000

mixMotion created an innovative interactive kids game called Musical Pong. It was fun for the whole family but focused on creating a unique experience for ages 5-12+. The game was custom designed for the circus themed HarbourKids Festival.

This musical game had participants blow a ping-pong ball across a tabletop without letting it fall off the edge. Circus themed sounds are triggered when the ball rolls over different areas of the tabletop. Each table had a distinct “family of sounds.” the combined sounds of the four game tables created a fun, interactive and collaborative musical soundscape! This free flowing game could be played by two people or an entire group.

Musical Pong debuted at the HarbourKIDS festival at Harbourfront Centre Toronto, where it was greeted enthusiastically by kids and their families. Since the circus was the theme of the festival. Families and children played together creating a cacophony of sounds including elephants, clown horns and organ pianos.

Watch the fun in the video below!

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Sounding Space – Nuit Blanche

Karlen — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:56:40 +0000

An interactive art installation that transformed the courtyard entrance of Scotia Plaza into an extraordinary, interactive and collaborative musical instrument for Toronto’s annual city wide – art festival Nuit Blanche. Visitors touched, jumped and played with tiles, benches and planters to create music. Covering 3500 square feet, Sounding Space encouraged people to explore, transforming the space from a place of serious financial business into a musical playground. A space where people became the audience, the participant and the performer.

“The attraction of Nuit Blanche is not just discovering new art, it satisfies our deep thirst for new ways to interact with each other. We’re social animals, online, at parties and on our streets. Instead of just being a passive audience we want new social interactions that create meaningful experiences. Sounding Space allows you to explore new social interactions in a fun and playful way ” exclaims Karlen Chang.

Karlen Chang, the lead artist in Sounding Space, is the principal designer for mixMotion. After countless VJ performances at parties, concerts and events since 2001, Chang realized that the heart of a successful event was the quality of the social experience. “The design of an event, a street corner or a social media website is vitally important. The amount of encouragement and opportunity to walk, sit, talk, dance and play strongly influences how we behave and interact with each other.”

Sounding Space was a collaborative art installation between Karlen Chang, Dafydd Hughes and David Mcallum.

As part of Nuit Blanche 2009, Sounding Space was one of the five Open Call projects chosen for Zone B in the financial district. This project was chosen by the curators Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher of DisplayCult for the theme of NIGHTSENSE.

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Interactive Drawing and Animation Tool

Karlen — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:27:35 +0000

mixMotion debuted a custom built live drawing and animation tool during the Luminato and Beats, Breaks and Culture festivals at The Harbourfront Centre. Party goers all had a chance to draw and animate contributing to the live projections that filled the Brigantine Room at Harbourfront Centre.

This Video demonstrates how it works and includes video from the Harbourfront Centre.

Luminato 2008

DJ Rekha – June 13, 2008

Buckshot and 9th Wonder – June 14, 2008

Beats Breaks and Culture 2008

Ladytron After Party featuring DJ Mira – July 4, 2008

7th Heaven featuring resident DJs Will Munro and Jaime Sin – July 5, 2008

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Sidewalk Piano

Karlen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:42:14 +0000

mixMotion transformed a sidewalk into a playable piano during the summer of 2008 during Pedestrian Sunday in the Kensington Market.

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Reflex Boogie – Time Distortion Mirror

Karlen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:16:27 +0000

mixMotion created Reflex Boogie, a funhouse inspired interactive video mirror that twisted and warped the reflections of the crowds at the Beats, Breaks & Culture festival at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.

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