‘Dynamix Live’ is an innovative live digital media arts piece that will launch at Dynamix Skatepark in Gateshead on 1st May 2016.
The piece consists of a dynamic projection of the activities which take place at Dynamix inside and behind the building, onto its façade, turning it inside out. High-definition live and recorded footage of skateboarders, BMX riders, scooterers, wall-trampolinists, motocross riders and aerial circus artists, captured by action cameras and a drone, is edited live by a VJ into a stylised single stream video and projected in real time and large scale onto the building - thereby revealing the usually hidden activities happening inside and outside (behind) the 40 000sqft warehouse, and transforming them into a cinematic experience for the audience.
This project also serves as an opportunity to share Dynamix’ plans to further develop the Albany Rd site site they are based on as a Village of Health, Well-being, Creativity and innovation and Social Enterprise. This includes the creation of co-working and incubator spaces, as well as accelerator and other support programmes for SportTech and HealthTech startups and businesses using ‘Tech for Good’.
‘Dynamix Live’ is a collaboration between Dynamix Skatepark in Gateshead and the Newcastle-based digital media art practice Attaya Projects - featuring a series of filmmakers including Alessandro Pascale.
The project has been funded by Tech North (part of Tech City UK), with support from ISIS Arts and Breeze Creatives and launches Dynamix’s programme for creative interdisciplinary collaborations within the space in the form of a residency for Attaya Projects artists.
This collaboration between Dynamix, Tech North and Attaya Projects is an example of the kind of benefits that will be brought by diverse sectors and practitioners co-habiting on the site, sharing skills, creating new products and outcomes and breeding innovation.
Can't wait for the 'Dynamix Live' launch event @Dynamixsk8park in #Gateshead on 1st May feat. @AttayaProjects https://t.co/WMk36LYTNI
— Paul Lancaster (@lordlancaster) April 24, 2016
Attend the launch event
The piece will launch on 1st May 2016 from 8pm-10pm and will be featured at night time on a regular basis over the following weeks, each time with live session featuring an invited VJ / live video editor followed by playbacks during the night. Remote audiences can also experience the piece through an online, live-streamed broadcast.
Members of the public are invited to join the launch event on 1st May with free entry from 8pm onwards for the performance starting at 9pm and ending at 10pm. (Skaters and other athletes wishing to be featured during the performance get a free use of the skatepark from 8-10pm).
Location: Dynamix Skatepark, Junction of Albany Rd and A184 (Felling Bypass), Gateshead, NE8 3AT.
Notes to editors
Dynamix Extreme CIC is a social enterprise which transforms disused spaces for and with communities, and has created a centre for wheeled sports and performing arts, located in Gateshead - the only one of its kind in the North of England - featuring facilities for indoor skateboarding, BMX, scooting, inline and quad-skating, aerial circus and trampoline circus skills training and outdoor motocross and 4×4 driving tracks.
Attaya Projects is a collaborative practice founded and run by artist and designer Lalya Gaye, which specialises in public space digital art installations, digital innovation and community engagement.
Tech North is a government-funded initiative delivered through Tech City UK. The specific goal of Tech North is to accelerate the development of the North’s digital economy through the promotion and support of digital entrepreneurship throughout the North of England with a specific focus on the seven cities of Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Sunderland.
