Reactica 2023

Reactica 2023 is partially funded out of pocket, so any donations would be appreciated to help further cover flights, meals, materials, and other travel accommodations for the team!

Reactica is an annual live domino and machine build event hosted in San Jose, CA and established in 2016 by Alex Huang, a recent college graduate and kinetic artist known on YouTube as Flash Domino. For seven years in a row, the Reactica team has built the largest live domino and machine exhibit in California, and plans to do so again for the eighth year in 2023. Previous events had a live audience of hundreds, an annual YouTube video with thousands of views, and coverage by local news stations.

The theme of Reactica 2023 is "Topple Town": a giant domino and machine setup that looks like a miniature model of a city. From a park scene made out of peaceful green domino shades to a chain reaction skyline depicting lights and fireworks, Reactica will turn recognizable views from our everyday life into kinetic art. This year's setup will be the largest domino and machine city project ever built - landscapes and atmospheres get depicted in domino and machine builds all the time, but rarely do setups come together to form a single piece of scenery. It’s also one of the first times that dominoes and machines will be used side by side to bring a scenery-focused project to life.

The Reactica team is comprised of seasoned builders that have also helped many other teams create live domino and machine exhibits across the country. Members of the team have built domino and machine themed commercials for clients like Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut, Gilette, Disney World, Sylvania, McDonalds, and Golden State Warriors. A couple of Reactica's builders even participated in Domino Masters on FOX, a primetime reality TV competition show that brought dominoes and machines to the big screen. The Reactica team also welcomes newer builders each year as kinetic art continues to reach a larger community.

Come visit the team for Reactica 2023 during July 9 to July 15 at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, CA. The setup gets toppled on July 15 at 1:00 pm.

The official video from our last year, Reactica 2022, is below!