Kinetech Arts Needs Your Contribution
Weidong Yang and Daiane Lopes da Silva, founders of Kinetech Arts, at DanceHack 2017. Photo by Robbie Sweeney
Lauren Bedal performing with the OpenPerform motion capture live performance system, developed by Travis Bennet at Kinetech Arts.
Kinetech Arts Open Lab meets every Wednesday to collaborate and experiment with new technology and performance ideas.
Kinetech Arts was founded in 2013 by Daiane Lopes da Silva and Weidong Yang with a mission of advancing the intersection of art, science and technology through research and performance. Since then, we have created many incredible projects with very limited resources, which came from small grants, and a few private donations. We are reaching out to you, as a long-time friend and supporter of Kinetech Arts, to help us grow.
Expanding our productions schedule, community outreach, and educational efforts, as well as ensuring that the dancers, visual artists, and technicians who do the work are compensated for their research and effort, is our goal. Here are just some of the upcoming projects that your donations will help support.
DanceHack - sponsored by Kinetech Arts in association with CounterPulse, DanceHack brings together 100 dancers, hackers, digital artists, and performers to collaborate on live interactive art and performance. The event is free for participants and includes workshops on dance, digital art and coding. We believe that artists need to be compensated for helping our community gain knowledge, and we are working hard for that to happen.
Open Lab – First three Wednesdays of the month, everyone is invited to join Kinetech Arts in experimentation and play with new technology, dance improvisation and artistic exploration. The Lab is free and open to the public. Your donation will help us create a program to showcase the work of our community members.
Y-Exchange - A forum for selected artists, technologist and scientists to talk about their work, scheduled for the last Wednesday of each month. Your donation will go towards paying artists for their presentation.
Many more exciting projects still in the planning stages!
We have an incredibly ambitious schedule for the year ahead, and we can’t accomplish these goals without your help. As a bonus, any one who donates $100 or more will receive a Kinetech Arts coloring book designed by Raymond Larrett or a marvelous insulated coffee/tea cup. Please give as much as you can, and help Kinetech Arts community to grow and thrive!