To sum up what's happening in the video, this a part of the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The people on the giant scroll of parchment (which is actually a giant LCD screen) are using their arms and legs like paintbrushes to create a work of art on the screen. Their hands and feet are the brush.
What I love about this is that this country is willing to assimilate its culture into modern technologies to create a beautiful design. This also shows how far we have come in New Media designs. People have not forgotten how utilize themselves completely in their work. The combination of dance and painting just creates an amazing design. I was not even aware that this kind of painting technology existed. I learned in one of my New Media classes, however, that this kind of technology has existed for years. Computers were created in the 70s that allowed someone to draw simple designs on the screen of a computer without a mouse. This performance shows how much that form of technology has advanced in the last 3 decades.
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