
The Lab formula and the choice of contents were certainly smart insights. Related technologies: Arduino, Open Source Hardware, Raspberry Pi, OpenCV, Openframeworks, Kinect, Circuit Bending, iOS/Android, Multitouch displays, OSC, Pure Data, Patches, etc. Related technologies: Processing, vvvv, JavaScript, C++, OpenGL, Openframeworks, HTML5, OpenGL/WebGL, Quartz Composer, etc.Ĭomputer vision, interface design & control, open hardware, sensors, interactive installation, augmented reality, live stop motion, experimental systems, gamification, DIY, drones. Real time generation, creative programming, music synchronization, computer graphics, webGL, HTML5, 3D engines, data visualisation, information aesthetics, content generation. Related technologies: Millumin, VDMX, Modul8, MadMapper, WatchOut, etc. Space design, mapping, advanced projections, lighting, architecture, theatre/contemporary dance, LEDs, lasers, big spaces projection, event sequencers, audiovisual control and production, new architecture/decoration/sculpture. Through workshops, conferences, debates etc., some concrete technologies and specific concepts have been discussed, analysed and put into practice.Ī detailed list of the discussed contents may be useful for experts: The contents of the three different days turned around these main themes. Three days of activities were divided in three different themes: Space & Projection, Creative Programming, Interaction.

#MILLUMIN CROSS PROFESSIONAL#
It is a very ambitious project, aiming at different professional profiles with the primary purpose to promote the cross exchange of skills, ideas and experiences. (…) It’s a festival for artists that are involved to new ways and new relationships between the live music and the visual arts for technical and creative programmers for architects and designers of interactive installations for communication agencies for students, universities, institutions, curators and cultural centers that are linked to the new media field.” The Lab enhances and increases the quality and the variety of the festival, emphasizing several theoretical and practical aspects, that combine art and technology.Īs the promoters said: “The MIRA Lab is an international event for artists, programmers, curators, communication agencies and audience, that work with the creative technology. One of the greatest innovations of this edition consists in MIRA Lab program, that’s conceived as a space for research, education, presentation and sharing of projects. It’s situated in the central district of Raval, where the first edition of MIRA Lab took place.

This year to the magnificent industrial spaces of Fabra i Coats, headquarter of MIRA Festival, other locations were added, like the Razzmatazz club, venue for the last concerts of MIRA Club on Saturday 16 th of November, and the white and bright rooms of the CCCB (Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona) Theatre. The festival focused on an accurate and high quality program, aimed to encourage not only the sensitivity of the experimental music lovers, but also and especially the feelings of many artists, creators and researchers, who were attracted by the world of audiovisual creativity. Goals, ideas and ambitions of MIRA 2013 have clearly grown and matured, if compared with the previous editions. Last November, from 14 th to 16 th, the third edition of MIRA, Music and Visual Arts Festival, took place in Barcelona.
