Week 3
After conception and going to different museums, Zeshu and I decided to do a project that projects mapping onto physical objects together. It will use Arduino as the essence interaction method. The specific projection mode is similar to the following video:
We planed to combine mapping and Arduino to create an interactive installation like the video above. But unlike the video, we won’t use unity or unreal as our core software, but mad mapper. Inspired by Janet Cardiff’s Cabinet of Curiousness, as shown in the video above, we plan to map the projection onto the cabinet to show the cabinet with magical blushes. Various media will be presented to users as the user opens different drawers.
The guest speaker Motomichi Nakamura gave me a lot of inspiration, especially on choosing the location and type of the projectors and how to project on objects that are 360 degrees. A lot of things that I used to consider as mystery finally got answered.
About the installation
“ESPER (2018) is an installation researching human perception through spatial audiovisual compositions. Using optical illusions created by materialised laser light combined with a spatial sound system, the installation transforms its surrounding into a meditative environment for quiet contemplation. The organically modulating light, synchronous to the spatially animating sound, creates a hypnotising environment for the subconscious mind, calming the senses.”
medium
RGB lasers, hazer, 8.1 speaker system, 4DSOUND software, NAP framework
dimensions
10 x 5 x 5 meters
His work reminds me of Anthony Mccall’s light installations. As the audience, their moves are led by the light beams, in the darkness, the light sort of creates that kind of boundaries or pathway leading the audience to explore in that little room. And the use of hazers enhances the atmosphere and the effect of the RGB lasers.
