Experimentia: An Inter-Arts project

Director/Choreographer: Amanda Phillips
Composer: Alexander Waite Mitchell
Software Design: Jonathon Mah, Damian West
Performers: Gala Moody, Lisa Griffiths, Deon Hastie
Live Technology Performance: Alex Mitchell & Damian West
Filming: Alex Waite Mitchell, Damian West & Amanda Phillips

3xperimentia is a series of investigations at the interface of 3D stereoscopics and the visual and performing arts that has resulted from a successful arts-business partnership between eResearch SA and the team of interarts collaborators headed by Amanda Phillips and Alexander Waite Mitchell. 

3xperimentia is an ongoing public art and performance project that will evolve over time. Since 2007, this research has resulted in several outcomes including rendered versions of film and dance film creation, computer generated imagery and the development of custom software that facilitates live cinema and interactive installation versions of the work.

The flagship production 3xperimentia: Live Cut, Australia’s first 3D-stereo live edit performance, grew from this significant partnership. 3xperimentia: Live Cut, is a performed 3D stereoscopic cinema work fusing contemporary dance, computer generated imagery and real-time interactive effects.

Collaborating across performance and technology and continuing the artistic repertoire of Amanda Phillips and Alexander Waite Mitchell, the 3xperimentia creative team includes visual programming by Jonathon Mah and pre-filmed dance footage of stellar Australian performers Gala Moody, Lisa Griffiths & Deon Hastie.

3xperimentia: Live Cut was named ‘Best of The Fringe’ in The Advertiser for the 2009 Adelaide Fringe, and the production received a 2009 Ruby Award for Innovation; the Rubies are South Australia’s premier arts and cultural awards. This recognition confirms the value of the in-house research that the team conducts at eResearch SA through the use of the Visualisation Laboratory, camera systems and visualisation consultancy. 

Noted at the 2008 World Dance Alliance Global Summit as a ‘work with a high level of social and artistic currency,’ 3xperimentia integrates and develops both technology and performance.

The work is potently live as the dual un-rendered video streams are triggered through touch activation, operator manipulation and audio-reactive environments.

The continuing support of eResearch SA is vital to the research that this team of collaborators is conducting, and is an exciting example of a South Australian cross-industry partnership.