prosthetic knowledge

Evolució by Onionlab / Mapping Festival 2013 

From the mailbox, a projection-mapping project:

Hello!
I am contacting you to present Onionlab’s most recent piece, Evolució

You will also find some high-resolution pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67507166@N07/sets/72157633486998073

And here is a brief description of the project:

Evolució

Onionlab presents Evolució, a piece that revolves around the graphic and sound abstraction of the concept it is named after: evolution. It is construed as transformation, construction and alteration of reality through time; evolution as a discontinuous creation process as well.

Created with 3D projection mapping techniques, this time, Evolució was projected onto the façade of the Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève, though the piece takes the evolution concept even further: It was conceived as an open transformation process so that it can also be adapted to different façades and projection surfaces, and so that Evolució can continue its transformation process.

Tokyo City Symphony

Contribute an arrangement of virtual projection mapping onto a 3D scaled city.

Try it out here

The Art of Projection Mapping: John Ensor Parker at TEDx NYU Poly

Interesting 15 minute video discusses, from an artist’s point of view, a brief history of technology, art, and culture, and how that leads into the practice of Projection Mapping. Video embedded below:

As our knowledge of the natural world exponentially increases, so does our perception of reality. Scientific and Technological developments affect us as individuals and as a collective species. At TEDxNYU Poly, John Ensor Parker discusses how the art media of projection mapping can be used to generate needed dialogue on the topic.

Glockentar 

Hacked together music instrument mash-up combining a guitar and a glockenspiel, with added projection-mapped lighting on the strings (ssing Arduino, openFrameworks, and MadMapper) - by Aaron Sherwood (video embedded below):

Glockentar from Aaron Sherwood on Vimeo.

The Glockentar combines a glockenspiel with a guitar.

Each time a string is plucked a glockenspiel bell is struck with a solenoid, and a beam of light is projected across the length of the string.

More at Aaron’s blog here

Abstract Christmas tree sparks protests in Brussels 

An updated version of a post made earlier today, now with a video from BBC News

A minimal voxelesque Christmas tree with projection mapping and a staircase to view from it’s top hasn’t gone down well with some …

Thousands of people have signed a petition against an abstract light installation replacing the traditional Christmas tree in Brussels city centre.

More than 11,000 signatures have been gathered in the online petition and a Facebook page attacking the new feature has been launched.

Critics accuse officials of opting for the installation for fear of offending non-Christians, especially Muslims.

Maddy Savage reports.

Augmented Reality - Projection Mapping 

Short film exploring the use of projection mapping, interviewing artists who employ the technique:

A short documentary by Dane Luttik

Mapping projects by AntiVJ

0.14 3Destruct (AntiVJ 2011)
1.16 Nuits sonores (AntiVJ 2009)
1.20 Mécaniques Discursives (Legoman 2012)
1.22 St Gervais (AntiVJ 2010)
5.45 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (Joanie Lemercier - AntiVJ 2012)
6.48 Enghien (AntiVJ - 2009)

more info: antivj.com/

Mapping projects by Jean-Michel Verbeeck

1.29 Hexastruct
2.43 Quantum

MUSIC BY NOSAJ THING

Immersive Surfaces - Projection Mapping Art Project at Manhattan Bridge (via Design Boom)

‘immersive surfaces’ is a projection installation that maps the elevation of the manhattan bridge anchorage and archway. exploring the idea of ‘crowd art’ while pushing the boundaries of new cutting-edge video technology, the exhibition features pieces created by over 20 international artists and curators on a surface measuring over 2,700 m2.

investigating the notions of projected depth and the meaning of surface, the installation puts at its focus the connection between individuals and the greater group, displaying multiple types of projections in three parts. the first shows more traditional types of video art and presentation techniques which slowly progresses to take over the entire surface of the anchorage and archway.
much like a virtual gallery, individual pieces are projected in small units and are connected by a common canvas. the second segment sees this collective projection become animated until ‘as above, so below’, the third section (see video below), takes over the three-dimensional site.

More information (including a video) can be found here