I'd like to complete a project that involves a digital stereoscopic image moving through different layers of physical space over time and telling a sort of story. Different simple environments would be composed within the physical space and incorporated with the dimensional digital material being projected. It may either be:
-one stationary image projected onto layers without movement but interacting with the environment, perception changing depending on physicality
-one image but changing over time and causing a sense of animation/movement on the layers
-different images for each layer
-animation moving through layers
Philosophies:
Our perception of digital and physical space is slowly deteriorating as computers become extensions of our minds/fingers and many of our every day interactions are existing within different screens than physical objects. The object we use to interact become only tools for us to get to someone or something rather than the thing itself. I'd like to explore this space and try to skew perceptions of what is digital and physical to bring awareness to this recent phenomena of digital vs. physical spaces (i.e. have you ever tried to "Esc" out of a thought, I have!)
1. We are made up of layers, much like a jawbreaker. Each one is a different color and strips away a different part for a different reason. Within each layer we find out either completely different information about an object or a variation on information previously perceived. How are these layers connected? Why are they shaped a certain way? Why are they in a certain order? Do they tell a story within themselves?
2. Deterioration of information. Recycling. Pros and cons of recycling. How our society processes information over and over again until the concepts are distilled to something either completely different than intended or the intention becomes gruesomely blatant as the "fluff" fades away with each layer.
How it works:
1. Different scenes will be set up on every layer of material representing a screen. There will be a few different screens which will be set up parallel, one after another. As the projected, digital scene moves through different focal points, it will appear focused on different screens and tell a story based on the images portrayed both in the digital and physical realms of the set up. Fog or mist may be used to fill in space and potentially create a movement between scenes.
2. Similar set-up, only focus will be more on using different opacities of materials. The image will deteriorate through these layers and the physical environment created on the layers will succumb and be tailored to fit with each part of the deterioration.
technique/technology/supplies
-steroscopic images/animation
-Maya modeling
-different type of fabric stretched on frames-which one works better?
-tv monitors/clear plastic combo to create holographic imaging
-misters/fog machines/water forms
-normal projectors- different light power amounts
Timeline
Subject to change based on 400 show dates.
Week 2: [4/7] DUE: project proposal presentation
-work on deciding on the final idea and researching techniques, things already performed, potential materials
Week 3:[4/14]
Start on gathering materials and materials.
Begin digital modeling of scene and make sketches of physical scenes
Think about storyline
Week 4:[4/21]
Continue working on digital scene/s
Do some informal tests on projections through/on materials with different projectors
Week 5:[4/28]
Have a prototype digital and physical scene sketch to test
Week 6: Midterm [5/5] DUE: midterm project presentation
start working on actual layout of rig and choreograph movement through space
Week 7:[5/12]
Expand, do testing, work on scenes, building rig
Week 8:[5/19]
Work work work. Have a working model of focal points/material distances set up and working by themselves.
Week 9:[5/26]
Any revisions for final.
Week 10: Final Prep [6/2]
Final: Mon June 9th, 4:30pm until finished
-Use this week
Links and Research
Vasulka video installations
Anthony McCall works with fog and mist space
---
Other Links and Research
system of infrared lights to sense where you are pointing
The simplest version of the technology is based on a system of mirrors and lenses. The object whose image is being projected sits inside a pedestal, which projects the object's light into space above the pedestal, where the image is reformed. The effect is as if the object itself is hovering above the pedestal's surface.
To activate the system's virtual "buttons," the viewer simply pointed a finger at the image of the button. The system uses a grid of infrared lights -- similar to systems in stores that beep when a shopper enters -- to calculate the position of the viewer's finger.
what would happen if you projected stereo into a mirror
POSSIBLE IMAGES
-[[actual images of things with layers or things with no layers forced into this space?)
-Anatomy of the body (back to biology)
-Simple environmental spaces, like rooms in the house (kitchen vs. bathroom, what makes them them)
No comments:
Post a Comment