D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D
Disrupting Space | Dismantling Normal | Redefining Beauty
In development since 2017, D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D is an immersive experience at the intersection of dance, fashion and art, transforming each venue into a unique gallery space. Towards the end of 2018, HLD embarked on an exciting partnership with Google's Creative Lab to enhance the installation with Audio Augmented Reality (AR). With the support of the Disability Forward Fund, the HLD app was created for increased accessibility. With the support of the MAP Fund, three Volumetric Videos (holograms) were created to compliment the exhibit.
Photo credit:Hayk Hakobyan
The D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D sculpture court provided a unique platform to experiment with Google’s Creative Lab audio AR kit. The kit allows you to place virtual sound spheres in a 3D space using a mobile phone. Once the sounds are placed, audience members can walk around the space wearing headphones to hear the sounds, all of which are binaural and respond to the person’s movement within the space.
HEIDI LATSKY DANCE APP
With the support of the Disability Forward Fund, accessibility was prioritized through the creation of the HLD app, ensuring that the experience is inclusive and accessible to all. At CIty College, we used it for the first time for primarily deaf people for the stories at the end of the show. Other accessible features were embedded in the app such as the program.
GOOGLE X HLD
At the end of the moving installation when the dancers become still sculptures again the audience puts on head sets and as they walk through the space they can hear each dancer speaking about a vulnerable and intimate moment through Google’s sound activation
In collaboration with Google, Audio Augmented Reality (AR) was introduced into the installation, further enriching the sensory experience and pushing the boundaries of technological integration within artistic expression.
D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D REVIEW
In “D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D.," Dancers Change Who Gets To Be In The Spotlight - Arts Paper | Arts Council of Greater New Haven
“Through innovative choreography, powerful music, and enlightening recordings, viewers were invited to gaze upon the performers, not as objects of ridicule, but as embodiments of beauty. Latsky’s dancers were not quite like those lifeless statues with missing limbs, though. Rather, they came alive as they danced—human and complete.”