Moon Theater is commissioned for the inaugural Glow Festival by the city of Santa Monica.
Custom software and computer vision is used to allow the audience to control shadow puppets on a projected moon using hand gestures.
Co-creator: Michael Kontopoulos
Software: Andres Colubri
Special thanks:Frank Chang, Jacob Tonski, Paul Yarin, Kinetic Lighting
Curator: Marc Pally
Commission: Glow Festival
Exhibition History:
2010 – Innovation Lounge, TEDActive (Palm Springs, US)
2009 – New Frontier, Sundance Film Festival (Park City, US)
2008 – Night Lights, Scottsdale Waterfront (Scottsdale, US)
2008 – Glow, Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, US)