The StartUp Pass

SpiderWebShow Performance

The StartUp is a 4-day intensive of hands-on workshops that runs June 7-10, 2023 in Kingston, ON.

Ingenuity Labs at Queen's University

Festival of Live Digital Art (FOLDA) 2023

FOLDA aims to increase the rigour of live digital performance as it becomes more pervasive. We want to show what is possible, provoke critical analysis, and share approaches that encourage experimentation.

Join us in Kingston, Ontario June 7-10, 2023

The StartUp is a four-day intensive of hands-on workshops that runs June 7-10, 2023 in Kingston, presented in partnership with Ingenuity Labs at Queen’s University.The StartUp pass is $200 and includes tickets to all FOLDA shows.2023 GOALS1) To strengthen the performing arts sector’s engagement with digital tools2) To build ties and connections between the technology and arts and culture sectors3) To explore how a live art festival can be an incubator that includes blind, deaf and disabled artists as equal partnersJOIN THE STARTUP IF YOU ARE…• An independent, freelance artist, especially based in Kingston and surrounding areas;• A science and technology worker looking for new avenues of exploration; or• An arts and culture worker exploring a continued commitment to digital exploration and/or accessibility and inclusion.WORKSHOPS:Robotics in Live Performance- Michael Wheeler with Shaza KaoudJune 7- 10:00am-1:00pm Phd Candidate Shaza Kaoud will introduce participants to some of the basics to working with robotics and introduce some of the interfaces to interact with them. In teams, participants will be assisted to work with basic code to program some functions. In the second half, participants will work with the robots they have programmed and others that can be controlled manually, to create a simple choreography.This workshop seeks to provide answers to the questions, “What can robots do these days?” and “What are robots like in live performance?”Artificial Intelligence in Live Performance- Adrienne Wong with Xianzhi Jason LiJune 7- 2:00pm-5:00pm PhD Candidate Jason Li will give participants a basic background on how artificial intelligence works, and provide a curated survey of AI tools that include generative text, text to image, text to video, and more. In the second half, artist Adrienne Wong will provide provocations and games for participants to explore the capabilities and limitations of these tools. Debriefs and discussions will also touch best practices to compose prompts for AI tools, the ethics and limitations of the technology, and projections for how AI might evolve in the future.Exploring Physical Sound from A D/deaf Perspective- Chisato MinimamuraJune 8- 10:00am-1:00pm This workshop is suitable for mixed abilities.Workshop leader Chisato Minimamura draws on improvisation, movement, and her unique use of the visual score and / or visual sound as a Deaf artist. Participants will be led through an exploration to focus and use their senses to create movements that are unique to them. The group will also investigate the importance of personal space, relationship with others, using patterns and geometric shape.Motion Capture in Live Performance- Marcel Stewart with Aaron BestJune 9- 2:00pm-5:00pm PhD Candidate Aaron Best will offer participants a basic understanding of how motion capture works and how its capabilities are applicable to live performance. Participants will also receive a unique opportunity to experiment with motion capture using both the VICON system and the XSENS suit. In the second half, artist Marcel Stewart will guide the participants through games that probe the capabilities of the technology.Reflections and discussions will center around the questions, “how can motion capture and live performance co-exist?” and “what do I need to use motion capture technology at home?”How to be a Sighted Guide- Amy Amantea and Gail RitterJune 9- 10:00am-2:00pm This workshop is designed for sighted people to learn or improve their guiding techniques in order to assist people who are blind and partially sighted. Participants will learn basic skills for guiding and assisting people who are blind and partially sighted in everyday situations.Artist and advocate Amy Amantea will also cover: language, disability history and etiquette, assumptions and bias, respectful and dignified ways of facilitating conversation, guide dogs and service dogs, and the history of the white cane.Participants will have an opportunity to try out practical techniques in sighted guiding with a partner, including giving directions and what to describe as you are doing it.Virtual Reality IRL/URL Creation Mob-Kingston Theatre Alliance &amp; SpiderWebShow PerformanceJune 10- 10:00am-1:00pm We have combined forces with our partners to secure 20 individual Quest 2 Virtual Reality Headsets and 20 individual spaces in the same building to use them. This workshop will begin with participants meeting in-person, discussing the artistic frame work, tools, and protocols for working in VR. Participants wil then each go to their own personal location to enter the creative space in VR and collaborate virtually with the artists they had just met physically.* After a maximum of an hour in VR, we will return to discuss the creative process, in-person as a group.* We have a goal of figuring out how to include live DJs in the creative space. Feasibility TBD.

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