(Photo courtesy of BAM/Rebecca Greenfield)
The Brooklyn Academy of Music has long been at the forefront of promoting the avant garde. So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised.
“BAM has a legacy of featuring artists who create work that uses creative technologies,” said BAM Director of Education and Family Programs Steven McIntosh.
McIntosh curated BAM’s most recent expansion of that ethos: He was in charge of Teknopolis, an interactive, multi-space exhibit for kids that ran from Feb. 25 to March 12. The exhibit was inspired by his visits to such installations as the Toronto International Film Festival’s fest for kids, which incorporated a large digiPlaySpace gallery with indie games, robots and other tech experiences.
The BAM exhibit was designed to present works that would “inspire the creative impulses of visitors, encouraging them to create their own music or animation, or at least elicit strong responses from them about the exhibit’s experiences,” said McIntosh. One of the key benefits of the exhibit is that it allowed visitors to sample virtual reality and experience adventures using the technology. Most visitors had their first VR experience at the exhibit, McIntosh said.
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Source: Technical.ly