Karaoke Ice
2006-2007
Participatory Performance
In collaboration with Katie Salen, Marina Zurkow and San José State CADRE students
Ice cream truck-turned-mobile-karaoke-unit was deployed throughout the first Zero1 San José Art & Technology Biennial in partnership with ISEA in 2006, and then in Los Angeles to unite people in a collective quest to perform and record new versions of pop songs using the vernacular of ice cream truck music. Karaoke Ice introduced people to the playful ways in which technology can be used to give voice to personal and collective concerns, as well as enable meaningful social interaction between groups, both large and small.
Concept, development, and direction: Nancy Nowacek, Katie Salen, Marina Zurkow
Interaction design: Nowacek, Salen and Zurkow with CADRE students
Karaoke Engine: CADRE students
Musical Composition: Lem Jay Ignacio
Videography and Video editing: Marina Zurkow
Project support: Zero1, ISEA, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions