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A dancer suited up to play the game.
Dance Dance Immolation is an interactive performance piece by fire art group Interpretive Arson based out of the artist work space known as NIMBY in East Oakland. It is a modified version of Dance Dance Revolution where players are shot with fire if they perform poorly. Participants are not harmed since they wear a fire proximity suit with forced-air respirators. Numerous other safeguards are built into the system to ensure the players are not subject to direct flame exposure or inhalation of superheated air. The piece was premiered in 2005 and has since run at various festivals and private events internationally.
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History
Members of Interpretive Arson began the project in 2005, when they received a grant from BORG2, an offshoot of artists associated with the West Coast art festival Burning Man.[1] The game first premiered at the The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival in Oakland, California, before the current version, a full two-player game, was completed and installed at Burning Man in 2005.[2] The game reappeared at Burning Man, and occasionally in Interpretive Arson's warehouse in Oakland, until 2007.[3]
Press and Awards
In 2010, Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition listed Dance Dance Immolation as the "Hottest Videogame", attaining a maximum of 1200˚ C (2192˚ F).[4]
Other awards:
- San Francisco Bay Guardian Best of The Bay 2009, Arts and Nightlife
- Wired 14.11 (November 2006), "Disco Inferno"
- Boing Boing TV May 2009, "Dance Dance Revolution. With Flamethrowers. Pointed at You."
References
- ^ Hix, Lisa (July 5, 2007). "Burning to play". Hearst Communications Inc.. http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-07-05/entertainment/17253231_1_fire-safety-ddi-flames. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "DDI History". Interpretive Arson website. Interpretive Arson. http://www.interpretivearson.com/projects/ddi/ddi-history/. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ Sorrel, Charlie (June 6, 2007). "Dance Dance Immolation. Exactly what you Think it is.". wired.com. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/06/dance_dance_imm/. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1a1cc028#/1a1cc028/10
External links
Categories:- Burning Man
- Culture of San Francisco, California
- Dance video games
- Music video games
- Music video game stubs
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