nino at FACT Liverpool

Until the 29th September FACT Liverpool

nino is an interactive, game-like experience. Move through different worlds collecting avatars —each with its own unique dance.

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Album Covers

Album Release

May 12, 2025
Mechanoid Muse releases two albums with music from the nino project on BandCamp. Music for the performance of NINO by Gibson/Martelli plus another album Onomatopeia– music from the making of.
Marcus Villaca, Bruno Martelli, Ruth Gibson.

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Dancers wanted for nino project

DANCERS wanted for ‘NINO’ research project by Gibson/Martelli.

Ruth Gibson & Bruno Martelli seek dancers to research & develop a new project where the lines between player, performer, and audience blurs — focusing on movement’s essence over physical traits. Images inspired by Joan Skinner’s ‘Releasing Dance Technique,’ are modelled as 3D characters and animated using motion capture data. READ MORE

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Xenoform Labs Residency

Meet n’ Greet Event October 10th

We’re happy to announce that we are the inaugural residents in the Xenoform Labs residency programme in San Francisco. Our 3 week residency here is concerned with extending the physical into the virtual, we will work to develop novel body-based interfaces for virtual reality.

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THIS IS WHERE WE CAME IN

Richard Ducker + Gibson / Martelli
Angus Hughes Gallery
Private View 20th April 6-9pm
Exhibition 21st April – 13th May

An indeterminate zone, frozen, governed by history’s Law where escape requires of us to float, as if just above the ground. It is a location devoid of humanity, only dancing avatars: an analogue stage choreographed in the digital. Stress levels exceeded as vectors take opposite directions…

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WAHAWAEWAO at Performance Arcade 2018

Counter Narratives The Performance Arcade 2018
Wellington Waterfront, New Zealand
Exhibition 23 – 25th Feb
1-4 March 2018

‘The Performance Arcade is an acclaimed live art event that attracts 40,000 people every year to Wellington Waterfront since 2011. Audiences come for an exciting and diverse program of art, live music, and performance, installed within a special architectural arrangement of shipping containers that are stacked and arranged together to create an innovative new space for performance and arts presentation. This miniature festival offers new encounters between artists and public, creating a vibrant hub that activates the city and exposes communities to new ideas and cultural perspectives.’

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