Hip Hop Heritage creates a digital afterlife for British breakdancers
Hip Hop Heritage creates a digital afterlife for British breakdancers
2 PagesHip Hop Heritage creates a digital afterlife for British breakdancers Arts charity uses Vicon motion capture to preserve the signature moves of a pioneering generation of UK B-boys long after their originators have stopped spinning. Pioneering motion capture since 1984. Entertainment Case StudyThese days, some of the popping and locking may be due to ageing joints, but thanks to arts charity Hip Hop Heritage, a pivotal moment in British urban dance has been motion-captured for posterity. The data, recorded by Vicon’s mobile capture unit, and shown in the recent ‘Afterlife’ exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, preserves the signature moves of pioneering 1980s UK breakdancers, if not at the peaks of their careers, then at least within head-spinning distance of them. Going be
