For their fourth appearance at Ars Electronica Festival, OMAi present the first public online multiplayer Tagtool session, with selected international artists joining forces over the internet to create spontaneous projection art.
Tagtool is an app that transforms a multitouch tablet into a live visual instrument. By connecting a digital projector, artists can paint and animate collaboratively on walls or over entire buildings. Tagtool is used by creatives around the world, has received multiple awards, and was featured by Apple in videos shown at the WWDC keynote in 2014 and 2016. During the corona pandemic, OMAi upgraded the existing functionality for local multiplayer sessions to work over the internet. Now artists can connect from their studio (or sofa) and perform for an audience on the other side of the world. This also facilitates hybrid performances, where some artists perform locally, and others join virtually.
At Ars Electronica Festival, OMAi will host a hybrid outdoor projection session with live contributions from several experienced Tagtool artists working remotely from their home countries. For those who can’t make it in person, the event will be streamed on Twitch. Join the jam!
At Ars Electronica Festival, the Tagtool Connect is part of our SySTEM 2020 programme. SySTEM 2020 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 788317
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Credit: OMAi (AT)
Biographie
Vienna based digital arts collective OMAi specializes on interactive light projections as an experiential and transformational medium. Their work comprises interventions in public space, as well as stage performances and art installations.
Tagtool Connect: Hybrid online/offline projection art
Tagtool Crew / OMAi (AT)
Tagtool is an app that transforms a multitouch tablet into a visual live instrument. By connecting a digital projector, artists can paint and animate collaboratively on walls or entire buildings. Tagtool is used by creatives around the world, has received multiple awards, and was featured by Apple in videos shown at the WWDC keynote in 2014 and 2016.
Tagtool Allstars Jam – Online Multiplayer Guerilla Projections
Tagtool Crew / OMAi (AT)
Members of the international Tagtool community
At their fourth appearance at Ars Electronica Festival, OMAi present the first public online multiplayer Tagtool session. Selected international artists join forces over the internet to create improvised digital art, which is projected live in public space. This guerrilla intervention will be streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/tagtool. The projection site will be announced at the same link the day before the session kicks off.
At Ars Electronica festival, OMAi will host a hybrid outdoor projection session with remote participation by some of the most prolific Tagtool artists around the world. Join the jam live on Twitch!
Sat, 12.09.2020
| 20:00-23:00 (CET | UTC +2) |
Project Credits / Acknowledgements
SySTEM 2020 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 788317.
