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Projects

This is a selection of current emptLab projects. For a complete listing of completed projects, see the Project Archive page. For a chronology of projects by John Crawford, see the Portfolio page. Also see the Image Galleries page, or view the site map.

Click a link below for details on any project.

Active Space

Active Space is a digital media arts research project investigating embodied interaction through movement and other forms of dynamic expression, integrating body-centered performance practices with advanced user interface techniques. More

eDance Network

eDance Network is developing live interactive video exhibits for community locations where visitors dance with professionals to create dance videos that become a permanent part of the exhibit. Participants interact with dance sequences on the screen, then record themselves dancing along. More

eMedia Studio

In the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UC Irvine, the eMedia Studio is a "Distributed Arts Collaboratory" where artistic inquiry meets technology innovation to explore embodied interaction in dance, theatre, music and visual arts. More

Threads & Trajectories

A series of dance films shot on location in Beijing, China, Threads & Trajectories portrays the global urban experience as an embodiment of collective memory, a repository for narrative structures that continually evolve through our physical responses to the circumstances we inhabit. More

Z-Dance


Children enjoying Z-Dance at Zeum

Z-Dance is a live interactive video exhibit based on John Crawford's Active Space interactive media programming environment. It is sponsored by Zeum, a multimedia arts and technology museum in San Francisco, where it is installed as part of the permanent collection. More