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Dance DJ Revolution

Dance Dj Revolution is a project which appropriates aesthetics of the popular “Dance Dance Revolution” arcade game to create an interactive system that will be used to allow music listeners to alter their listening experience while in a dance club space. The project attempts to take the traditional notions and exclusivity attached to being a DJ and place them in the hands of regular event patrons. By taking some control away from the DJ the crowd can challenge the authority of “The DJ.” Through interaction with the system in this manner event goers can bring the stage, where the DJ resides on, down to the dance floor level, all the while bridging the chasm that is far to frequent in these type of event situations.

DJ's tend to play music that caters to a certain audience. In conventional club spaces throughout California, these crowds are separated by race and culture. Not only are there divisions between DJs and their audiences, but now there are separations of these audiences through levels of racial categorization. Music in these spaces can sometimes be given a cultural tag that excludes it from certain audiences. DJ's learn to play music in accordance with these cultural tags, and specific crowds filter out of this classification of sounds without really giving thought to the possibility that people might want to be exposed to music they aren't always associated with.

Eric Cho is an ACE graduate student in the School of the Arts at The University of California, Irvine. He has completed a B.A. in ICAM at The University of California, San Diego, and is a graduate student researcher at the Game Culture & Technology Lab at UCI. His previous works exist in the medium of Computer Game MODding, that dealt with cross cultural issues in location specific spaces in California. He also works as a freelance graphic designer, artist, exotic animal breeder, and event promoter.

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