Projection

i last-minute* mocked up some background visuals for a party featuring ambient music. (i kept them running all night (12 hours) on a backlit screen near the dj booth and never really had to tune them. they were interesting enough to be entertaining while focused on, but didn’t dominate the space). i took a simple existing function from the hydra library and added a few lines for audioreactivity (color and distortion); black background was key to keep this looking more subdued and adding some forgiveness to the projected edges. ...

as leeann’s been publishing a bit more, i mentioned i wanted to do some updated author photos (since i did her first author photos awhile ago, when i was a much more novice photographer, and wanted to update them). tried to do some projection work here; i think the flatness of the projector was not very flattering to the subject’s face (or maybe it has to be pointed at just the right way, to get shadows to fall in just the right way). ...

I’m trying to make a habit of what I find works for me when viewing others’ more established lighting and immersive design installations. Things I appreciated about TeamLab Borderless @ Mori (Roppongi) Cohesion between different exhibits e.g. the steam entrance showing a different exhibit’s perspective, same music Different ways of having the viewer relate to the space being surrounded by lighting (with unknown scale), vs. with known scale (lilypads, plus the transition from “underwater” to “above water”), vs. the lighting is using you as a frame of reference (moving orbs on tracks) Total seamlessness of operation / highly predictable / very robust teahouse Harnessing existing constraints for useful noise (vibration of the moving orbs) – thus elegantly using the strengths of the installation’s implementation in one’s favor rather than overengineering. moving orbs on tracks

As of this writing, imo this is the best hydra set i’ve ever done. mapped to a rollup door behind the dj booth i don’t have a recording since this was a last-minute idea (about an hour before, f. asked me to do visuals), but i followed my constraints well (monochrome, minimal, all visuals would be derived from the fft spectrum, an emphasis on linearity), showed restraint in letting ideas play out rather than shift too jarringly, clearly demonstrated the idea to the audience, and felt embodied enough with the music that i really enjoyed myself. i was really happy with the result. ...