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Named as one of the top six national transdisciplinary exemplars (a2ru<\/a>, 2015), and one of the top eight research projects at Virginia Tech (VT<\/a>) (DCist<\/a>, 2014), a contemporary intermedia ensemble Linux Laptop Orchestra<\/em> or L2Ork<\/a> (pronounced as ‘lohrk’), thrives upon the quintessential form of collaboration found in the western classical orchestra and its cross-pollination with increasingly accessible human-computer interaction technologies for the purpose of exploring expressive power of gesture, communal interaction, discipline-agnostic environments, and the multidimensionality of arts.<\/p>\n

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Founded in May 2009, L2Ork is a transdisciplinary initiative by VT’s Digital Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio (DISIS<\/a>), School of Performing Arts (SOPA<\/a>), and the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT<\/a>). As the world\u2019s first Linux-based laptop orchestra incorporating extensive study of gesture and Taiji (Tai Chi) choreography L2Ork offers optimal infrastructure for creative research at minimal cost. By providing a seamless integration of arts and sciences it is in part designed to bridge the gap between STEM and the Arts, with particular focus on K-12 education.<\/p>\n

Since its inception, L2Ork has helped start seven laptop orchestras in North and South Americas, most of which rely heavily on its affordable design. L2Ork\u2019s infrastructural backbone, pd-l2ork<\/a>, a Pure-Data<\/a> variant with its unique K12 learning module has been utilized in over half-dozen K-12 Maker workshops, including a Raspberry Pi Orchestra summer gifted program introduced in 2014. In fall 2016, L2Ork introduced world’s first Raspberry Pi Orchestra and an expanded array of outreach engagements, workshops, and camps. Today, a growing number of international institutions and artists use pd-l2ork<\/a> in their everyday creative work and instruction.<\/p>\n

For a more detailed overview please visit the No, Really, What is L2Ork?<\/a> page.<\/p>\n