The Golem-Labor is an international series of workshops organized by the Goethe Institute that brings together contemporary dance and mixed reality technologies in Prague, Riga, Bogota and Tel Aviv. The Golem-Labor explores interdisciplinary and transnationally the interface of art and technology, man and machine, physical and virtual reality.

Golem-Labor emerged from a predecessor transnational performance “Golem”. The dancework pioneered using motion capture technology to stage a dance live onstage and live in VR viewable from anywhere around the world. “Golem” was created by Carly Lave in collaboration with gamelab.berlin of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hochschule Kaiserslautern Virtual Design, Ghunghru Sounds, and supported by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Fulbright Commission Germany, Stanford University and private sponsors.

Dancers worked together with XR-artists and motion capture specialists on research tasks and performance. From this research, a virtual exhibition and database of international movements was created using Mozilla Hubs. 

Over 2020-2021, workshops and events took place at four Goethe Institute locations worldwide.

More Information on the Project Initiation and Funding: Goethe Institute, Golem-Labor