Thrival 2019 Announces Thrival Interactive’s Date, Location and Theme

    

THRIVAL 2019 ANNOUNCES THRIVAL INTERACTIVE’S
DATE, LOCATION AND THEME

PITTSBURGH, PA (PittsburghNewsWire.com) — The third annual Thrival Interactive will be taking place on September 18th, 2019, as part of Thrival Festival. Thrival Interactive will be at the Carnegie Museum of Art from 7:00 to 11:00PM. Designed as a way to explore the intersection of art and technology, this year’s Thrival Interactive will focus on the theme “Digital and Virtual Worlds.”

“Think of the event as an art and technology playground,” says Program Director, Jenny Sharpe. “Become a musician in a digital orchestra, transport yourself into a virtual reality (VR) sword fight, see digitally rendered sculptures become reality, and dance the night away with a silent disco featuring local artist, DJ FEMI.”

New for 2019, Thrival has partnered with legendary conductor Matt Butler of the Everyone Orchestra, and Gil Teixeira, inventor of CEEMI, to run a digital orchestra workshop. Learn to play an instrument in minutes using CEEMI’s platform and become a member of Butler’s band. As part of the Everyone Orchestra, Butler has conducted musicians from a variety of internationally known bands, such as Phish, Dead & Company, Widespread Panic, Pink Floyd, Disco Biscuits, and more. CEEMI’s platform seeks to give all people, regardless of musical ability, the chance to feel the human connection of playing music with one another.

Thrival is bringing in internationally recognized augmented reality artist BC Biermann, PhD, from Heavy to present MNTH, a projected mural that uses City of Pittsburgh’s Open Data Portal to construct a version of self. With the rise of ever-present mobile devices, social media, and artificial intelligence, our own personal data has become a digital avatar that is potentially “more human than human” [MHTH] and often carries a higher degree of (perceived) value than our physical presence. View the project and have the chance to discuss the concepts with the artist at Thrival Interactive.

Staying true to Thrival Festival’s 2019 motto “By Pittsburgh. For Pittsburgh. For the World”, Thrival has partnered with over a dozen local organizations to bring the event to life, including Attack Theatre, i 2 Iconic, Schell Games, Film Pittsburgh, artist Michael Walsh and a variety of technology-based startups.

For more information about Thrival, visit thrivalfestival.com, and follow Thrival on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Tickets are available for purchase at eventbrite.com.

About Thrival Festival
Thrival Festival will be taking place on September 18-20, 2019 in Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA. The festival will explore innovators, artists, musicians, and creators under the theme “By Pittsburgh. For. Pittsburgh. For the World.” Thrival Festival is made possible through the generous support of the community and by UPMC Enterprises, Comcast, Sheetz, Dell, Pittsburgh Innovation District, and many others.

About Ascender
Ascender, a Pittsburgh-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on increasing the number and success rate of entrepreneurs in the Pittsburgh Region, presents and supports Thrival. The first Thrival Festival was launched in Bakery Square in 2013.

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