April 12, 2006

Drift, a Flash-Based Animated Dancer

Koert van Mensvoort, an artist and scientist from the Netherlands, created "Drift," an engaging Flash-based animation that features a dancer consisting of moving balls.

Watch Drift - "An interpassive Flash clip of a dancer without a body" - as Koert describes his creation.

Drift features the moves of dancer Nancy Mauro-Flude, which were captured via motion capture technology and converted into a Flash animation.

Koert van Mensvoort describes Drift as a form of interpassive cinema because users can experience the work as if it were either a movie or a computer game. In movie mode, a user simply sits back as a passive spectator and enjoys the animated movements and music. In game mode, the user moves the mouse and the bubbles and music react to the movements of the cursor.

You can read an interview with Koert van Mensvoort about Drift.

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