Get ready to Rock the Riverfront this spring! Introducing Loop, a participatory work that will spark the imagination. The Chattanooga Green will shimmer with the mechanical poetry of Loop’s 12 giant zoetropes.
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Loop is an interactive work that plays short flipbook-style movies inspired by Quebec literature. At the center of each giant wheel is a music box to provide accompaniment for the hand-drawn animations. The work is inspired by the zoetrope, an optical toy invented in the 19th century. Loop is a hybrid of the music box, zoetrope and railway handcar. Sit down inside the zoetrope, pump the bar, and make the image cylinder turn. The pictures will spring into motion. The images, tinted by a strobe, are reminiscent of the earliest movies. The speed of the whirring pictures, the frequency at which the light flickers and the tempo of the music are all determined by how fast you move the bar. Have fun!
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Learn more at: https://www.rivercitycompany.com/rock
FULL CREDITS
Concept and Execution: Olivier Girouard, Jonathan Villeneuve and Ottoblix
Illustrators: Gérard Dubois, Marianne Ferrer, Estelle Frenette-Vallières, Éléonore Goldberg, Jacques Goldstyn, Pinabel, Camille Pomerlo, Mathieu Potvin, Todd Stewart, Amélie Tourangeau, Marie-Hélène Turcotte, Urban9 Design Animations: Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard, Trina Daniel, Galilé Marion-Gauvin, Daria Pelsher et Mathieu Tremblay (Ottoblix)
Industrial Design: Sébastien Dallaire (generic design)
Electronic Design & Programming: Thomas Ouellet Fredericks
Technical Support: Adsum Lab
Mechanical Consultant: Jérôme D. Roy (Terrafirma)
Audio Programming: Dominic Thibault
Sound: Olivier Girouard
Engineers: Concept paradesign
Co-production: EKUMEN and Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
Distribution: QDSinternational
Executive Production – Touring: Jack World
