Extended Play: An Augmented Reality Interactive Performance for Vinyl Records.

Extended Play is an augmented reality dance work for the surface of a playing vinyl record. An augmented reality mobile app for smartphones uses image recognition of the record's center labels and printed double-sided coasters to replay a virtual dance performance with avatars animated by motion-captured performances. An antique record cabinet retroft with upcycled modern electronics also houses a laptop, motion tracking camera and webcam aimed at the vinyl surface, which allows people to interact or perform live atop the vinyl themselves, observed on the projection behind the player. The work combines retro-analog and emerging technologies to explore memory, isolation, queer futurism and nostalgia as a tool for resilience while experimenting with what a record of dance is and can be.