In the end, I was asked by the Alys Stephens Center to do the outdoor closing show for their 2012 Season, in April 2013. The working title is "Lux Somnum: Light Dreams".
We will have two big 20,000 lumens projector for 2 nights, and the brick facade will be covered with ivory fabric. I am planning to do a 20 minutes or so Architectural Projection Animation like the one I did last year for the Red Cross PTTR (Paint The Town Red video/music Festival)downtown.
We will have two big 20,000 lumens projector for 2 nights, and the brick facade will be covered with ivory fabric. I am planning to do a 20 minutes or so Architectural Projection Animation like the one I did last year for the Red Cross PTTR (Paint The Town Red video/music Festival)downtown.
But I feel it is not enough for a Blockbuster Closing Event, and we can't keep playing my show constantly in a loop. We want to make it much bigger, a celebration of the Arts and an evening to remember, something never seen before in Birmingham, Alabama.
We need other visual attractions, and music. Since we have these expensive projectors for the whole evening 8 to 12 or so , I would like to share them and have other large scale projections on the building alternating with my piece all evening, interactive displays,games, all accompanied with great music.
Which got me into Video Jockey stuff and live video layering. Then I got into the mapping of videos and images onto sculpture. There is a tremendous potential for experimentation with those techniques for serious artists. I would like to have several outdoor displays of "Augmented Sculpture" using smaller 5000 lumens projectors. I am also investigating the use a live video feed of dancers mixed with graphic loops in the VJ software, and the possibilities for interactivity using the Kinect camera(the one now sold by Microsoft with the X-Box for games). It has a laser beam that draws you in 3D, and some people are working on software to use these 3D renderings.
We need other visual attractions, and music. Since we have these expensive projectors for the whole evening 8 to 12 or so , I would like to share them and have other large scale projections on the building alternating with my piece all evening, interactive displays,games, all accompanied with great music.
Which got me into Video Jockey stuff and live video layering. Then I got into the mapping of videos and images onto sculpture. There is a tremendous potential for experimentation with those techniques for serious artists. I would like to have several outdoor displays of "Augmented Sculpture" using smaller 5000 lumens projectors. I am also investigating the use a live video feed of dancers mixed with graphic loops in the VJ software, and the possibilities for interactivity using the Kinect camera(the one now sold by Microsoft with the X-Box for games). It has a laser beam that draws you in 3D, and some people are working on software to use these 3D renderings.
I just started experimenting with Modul8 and Resolume Avenue connected to MadMapper mapping software, to project layers of video and images on basic sculptural shapes(sphere, cone, pyramid, cube,column, etc...), and am very excited, even blown away with the Artistic possibilities...
I posted a small video test on YouTube:
as well as a Mapping we did with my friend Randy for the Valentine Day Erotic Art Show
So I am offering to share the equipment with other visual Artists to make this closing event a really big Light Show. I would like the UAB Art Department to collaborate on the project(Photography, Sculpture, Video, Graphic Arts, Computer Art, etc...) teachers and students, as well as other local Artists like you that might be interested.
We have been brainstorming with Jessica and Adam about ALL the things that could be be done with the smaller projectors he found.
