light projects in public spaces
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LIGHT PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACES. “A SHORT HISTORY FROM LIGHT GRAFFITI TO 3D MAPPING”. LIGHT GRAFFITI . A torch and a camera. PROJECTION “BOMBING”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LIGHT PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACES
“A SHORT HISTORY FROM LIGHT GRAFFITI TO 3D MAPPING”
LIGHT GRAFFITI
A torch and a camera
PROJECTION “BOMBING”
Artists (activists) using digital projection in urban environments to get their art and/or message before the eyes and in the minds of viewers
‘Bring to Light’ Re-imagines Public Space With Artistic Spectacle
At sunset on Oct. 1, 2011, more than 15,000
people descended on the industrial waterfront of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood to witness a transformed urban landscape.
“An enormous blinking eye stared down from the underside of a long-unused water tower. People
disembarking from the NY Waterway Ferry were greeted by a soothing but slightly suspicious voice purring, “Hey, you….” Buskers performed under a twinkling canopy of sound-responsive light bulbs suspended from the 50-foot ceiling of a turn-of-the-century factory. Dozens of other projections and installations brought beauty, surprise, and a sense of community to a long-dormant area of post-industrial decay.”
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3D PROJECTION MAPPING
The history of projections dates back to the
1840s when powerful electric arc-lights were experimented with for the illumination of public monuments in Paris
“3D projection mapping … the “process for creating tailor-made projections for specific objects” … allows the focus of a video image to be specifically adapted in line with the various surface characteristics of a façade.
The result is that when an image is projected onto the actual façade, the image is perfectly adapted to the façade structure which, in turn, becomes the architectural stage set for a theatrical performance.”
3D Projection Mapping performance during Fête des Lumières, Lyon, France (2010) Artists: 1024 architecture
Concrete walls are brought to life, and since many buildings are spacious and not simply flat structures ... the façades could also have a spatial effect.
