THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, September 30, 2022 Page 5 New arts collective with Malden dancer launches augmented-reality dance experience Arts collective The Click offers site-specifi c contemporary dance that viewers watch on mobile devices T he newly formed arts collective The Click will launch its fi rst project – an immersive, augmented reality (AR), contemporary dance experience called “Emotive Land” – on Oct. 1 at 1 p m in Cambridge’s Kendall Square Canal District. “Emotive Land” engages dance, music, fi lm and technology in an AR experience that investigates a growing need for harmony among art, culture, innovation and nature while animating the natural and built environments of the tech-focused neighborhood. A one-hour free live performance, at which live dancers will move and engage with digital content at sites along the water, celebrates the app launch. (Launch event rain date is Oct. 2 at 1 p.m.) “Emotive Land” is accessed through an app that allows audience members to view virtual dance performances on smartphone screens at specifi c sites. The app will be accessible from The Click website wwwtheclickboston.com – as well as the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store and other app locations on Oct. 1. The app for “Emotive Land” will be available from October 1 through November 30. The project was conceived and co-created by The Click founding members dancer Kristin Wagner and dancer/choreographer Lonnie Stanton with app development and tech conAlexandra Nunweller Malden resident sultation by James Peerless. Stanton choreographed the performances in the app and for the live launch event. Her native Hawaiian heritage informs the curatorial lens for the project, which centers on nature's resilience and encourages viewers to consider a relationship to the land rooted in stewardship versus hierarchical ownership. Stanton said the creative team considered how physical constraints of public spaces shape both human expression and growth, and worked to create an experience that helps viewers understand the “dynamic dance” that persists between themselves and their environment. Through technology designed by software engineer Peerless, “Emotive Land” transforms public spaces into places to discover, access and enjoy contemporary dance. Peerless said AR technology has gained popularity among developers and in commercial uses – evidenced by the wildly popular “Pokémon Go” game that swept the globe in 2016 and its use by retailers to help customers to envision how furniture or products might look in their homes. “The overlap of AR technology and the arts is pretty small right now, but it’s growing,” Peerless said. Viewers who download the app and open it near the Kendall Square Canal District will encounter visual prompts that lead them to spots where virtual dancers appear on their screens, seeming to interact with actual locations. “It’s a way to bring the feeling of being at a live performance in an on-demand way,” Peerless said. With no set show time and no cost, “Emotive Land” encourages more access to dance experiences. “We want people to see the power of community when engaging with this work,” Wagner said. “The pandemic made us realize we can coexist and thrive with technology; that’s why we [Click artists] chose a technological venture as our fi rst project. 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