Pilot Theatre Artistic Director Marcus Romer and KMA propose 5circles2012, a project that will see five large circular stages in five Yorkshire cities – creating artistic urban playgrounds on a grand scale. Each circle will host a series of interactive games and public art installations, with a projector suspended above the ground which would react to the movement of the people within the space. Through this, people will have a unique interaction with light, sound and other participants. The project will be accompanied by an interactive website, allowing people to create and programme their own sequences in the circles. It will be rolled out from five cities to five countries to five continents up to 2012, spreading across the world from Yorkshire.
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Marcus Romer is The Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre, the Yorkshire based RFO, based at York Theatre Royal. Marcus will be working with KMA who are also based in York. Together Pilot and KMA created the opening sequence for the IIFA Bollywood awards at Sheffield Arena in 2007, this was then followed by the ACE commission to create the Getintotheatre promo movie. Marcus Romer's adaptation and direction of 'Looking for JJ' won the TMA award for best production for young people in 2008. Pilot have received numerous awards for their work, and have pioneered Arts/Technology in the sector with their Shift Happens Conferences. KMA have pioneered their interactive light technology over a number of years now, and have developed the software and interactive technology to deliver public art installations in Trafalgar Square, Liverpool, and Shanghai.