Dance Dance Immolation
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Dance Dance Immolation is an interactive performance piece by fire art group Interpretive Arson based out of the artist work space known as NIMBY
in East Oakland. It is a modified version of Dance Dance Revolution
where players are shot with fire if they perform poorly. Participants are not harmed since they wear a fire proximity suit
with forced-air respirators. Numerous other safeguards are built into the system to ensure the players are not subject to direct flame exposure or inhalation of superheated air. The piece was premiered in 2005 and has since run at various festivals and private events internationally.
. The game first premiered at the The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival in Oakland, California, before the current version, a full two-player game, was completed and installed at Burning Man in 2005. The game reappeared at Burning Man, and occasionally in Interpretive Arson's warehouse in Oakland, until 2007.
listed Dance Dance Immolation as the "Hottest Videogame", attaining a maximum of 1200˚ C (2192˚ F).
Other awards:
NIMBY
NIMBY or Nimby is an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard". The term is used pejoratively to describe opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development close to them. Opposing residents themselves are sometimes called Nimbies...
in East Oakland. It is a modified version of Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
where players are shot with fire if they perform poorly. Participants are not harmed since they wear a fire proximity suit
Fire proximity suit
A fire proximity suit is a suit designed to protect a firefighter from high temperatures, especially near fires of extreme temperature such as aircraft fires....
with forced-air respirators. Numerous other safeguards are built into the system to ensure the players are not subject to direct flame exposure or inhalation of superheated air. The piece was premiered in 2005 and has since run at various festivals and private events internationally.
History
Members of Interpretive Arson began the project in 2005, when they received a grant from BORG2, an offshoot of artists associated with the West Coast art festival Burning ManBurning Man
Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening...
. The game first premiered at the The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival in Oakland, California, before the current version, a full two-player game, was completed and installed at Burning Man in 2005. The game reappeared at Burning Man, and occasionally in Interpretive Arson's warehouse in Oakland, until 2007.
Press and Awards
In 2010, Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's EditionGuinness World Records Gamer's Edition
Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition is a Guinness World Records book dedicated to video games. The first edition was released in February 2008 in association with the video games world records' tracking organization Twin Galaxies. The second edition was released in 2009...
listed Dance Dance Immolation as the "Hottest Videogame", attaining a maximum of 1200˚ C (2192˚ F).
Other awards: