NOTCOT.ORG: “Immersive Surfaces” is a publicly presented video projection installation onto the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn during the Dumbo Arts Festival from September 23 - 25, 2011. The multi- part video projection, created by over 20 international artists and curators, will cover over 30,000 sq. feet of the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Archway and the surrounding cityscape, through the use of cutting-edge video mapping technology.
Friday, October 07, 2011
"As Above, So Below" as part of Immersive Surfaces.
NOTCOT.ORG: “Immersive Surfaces” is a publicly presented video projection installation onto the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn during the Dumbo Arts Festival from September 23 - 25, 2011. The multi- part video projection, created by over 20 international artists and curators, will cover over 30,000 sq. feet of the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Archway and the surrounding cityscape, through the use of cutting-edge video mapping technology.
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Places all over the world are doing this surface mapping projection. I saw one last Christmas in Rockefeller Center. The most impressive video I've seen of this technology is the 600 year festival of the clock tower in Prague. It takes the building through all of it's renovations and how it looked throughout history, and is perfectly synced to a sound track. This technology is awesome for concerts and advertising, which is how they've been using the technology mostly thus far. It could be really amazing in a theatrical production if done right, where the entire set was the area onto which the video was projected. This technology could take theatre in a whole new direction.
Wow, I have never seen projection used so flawlessly on a non-flat surface before. The actual live videos of this installation look just as flawless and convincing as the simulation video, and impressive feat considering how difficult it can be to get multiple projectors to look seamless. Incorporating such an impressive visual spectacle into a theatre piece would be a lot of fun, if you could get it to look so impressive. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of projection in live theatre is incredibly dependent on the quality and technical setup of the projection. If the image looks pixelated or seams can be seen between projectors, the effect is instantly lost. I hope that in the future such technical problems can be remedied and projection in theatre can be as impressive as this installation on the Manhattan Bridge.
I have always been incredibly impressed by 3D surface projection on existing structures. The quality of the projections in this Immersive Surfaces video are superb. Everything looks very realistic. I agree with Jess that using high definition surface-altering projections could be an incredible effect that I would like to see more examples of use in live theatre. I wish the link to this video and the Immersive Surfaces website had more information on the technical execution of these projections such as where the projectors are located and how the whole system works.
This projection is so incredible! It's nice to see media being used in a really cutting edge way, not just a "hey we can project stuff onto this thing so lets uh give it a shot!" Media projections can so easily be cliched and not very boundary pushing. The actual design, content, and computer editing of the video is just as, if not more important than, the technical setup. I've yet to see this advanced kind of media technology successfully employed in theater, and am definitely looking forward to the near future when it is possible.
wow... ugh yeah there is not much else that goes into describing this project. I am not all that familiar with the concept of surface mapping but all i can say its a beautiful coalition of art and technology. this definitely is a new frontier in technological art that borders the concepts of bladerunner or star trek.
i have seen a couple of 3D projections. the architecture community has been really interested with it for a while. this is probably some of the best designed projections i have ever seen though. i love how simple it is for a projector to depict “a 3 dimensional space” that isn't there. the implications are endless. there could be some really cool theatrical productions where the actors never leave the set but the set its self “morphs” around them into a new scene or they could walk around a turntable with an endlessly changing background that looked completely realistic. its one step away from holographic projections in my mind and i cant wait to see it done so well i don't know its not real until it disappears
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