phadroid

The latest thrill over here is the discovery of Phadriod—a husband & wife collaboration between Android Jones, a laser projectionist, and Phaedra, an interpretive dancer. Phaedra dances in a flowing white robes while Android projects images onto her moving body. Most of the time she performs in front of a giant screen (so the entire images can be seen), but sometimes she performs outside against the backdrop of the night—infinitely more magical. Yes, at first it looks like a screen saver, but when you start to make out the dancing woman, it’s purty cool. (The best parts are the bursting fire lights and the sparkling white stars!)

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OK, so if you liked that, go 6 minutes into this mini doc about Burning Man to see some absolutely mind-bending Phadroid stuff. BTW, this whole doc is totally worth watching. (So many of our friends are going Burning Man this year… sometimes I start to giggle when I think about the expanding gap between my East coast and West coast friends! But I so love wearing both pairs of boots.)