TopShot
Topshot is an interactive installation, presented in a shop unit in High Chelmer Shopping Centre, where the viewers actively move to form part of an imaginary, kaleidoscopic performance on screen.
Inside the shop unit, a spotlight shines down onto the floor and is seen replicated on a screen in front of the viewers. As they step into the spotlight they see a bird’s eye view of themselves on the screen and are joined by multiples of themselves and other dancers. As they move around in the spotlight the chorus follow their lead moving in kaleidoscopic patterns and steps associated with a number of dance styles. The viewer becomes the creator or choreographer of their own mass dance routine in a new take on Busby Berkeley’s cinematic Topshot.
The idea is to create a dynamic and genuinely creative experience that feeds on the joy of dancing en masse and the wish fulfillment of stepping from the stalls into the magical world of the silver screen. Each participant has a unique experience, defined by what they do within the spotlight. A glamorous touch to be added in the Shopping Centre, the installation transforms passers-by of all ages and physical ability to main stars in this Hollywoodesque celebration of dancing patterns.