CirqueClub: The team comprises of six full-time staff, four on-call staff and two artists. Each evening, they film live footage, process the images at light speed and project shadows. Tom, Head of Projections, explains what’s special about IRIS. “Other Cirque shows, such as LOVE, Mystère or KÀ, mainly project pre-recorded images. Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour and CRISS ANGEL Believe also use live clips.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
“In the Shadows of IRIS, They Play with Light”
CirqueClub: The team comprises of six full-time staff, four on-call staff and two artists. Each evening, they film live footage, process the images at light speed and project shadows. Tom, Head of Projections, explains what’s special about IRIS. “Other Cirque shows, such as LOVE, Mystère or KÀ, mainly project pre-recorded images. Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour and CRISS ANGEL Believe also use live clips.
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This is a brilliant use of projection mapping in theatre. A really nice point that is made near the end is that stereotypical action of cast members and actors reacting to what ever is being projected but rarely the reverse. As for the use of infra red technology it would be interesting to actually read or see how the infrared is used with the projection mapping.
In response to Sean's comment, IR is used in the 'Tie Number' where a clown has an infrared emitter that the VYV's Photon server tracks and onto which it projects a neck tie.
In general the innovative ways in which IRIS is using media are not only a function of advanced technology, but also of their process: the film strip gag that the clown's do before transitioning into the Tie Number came about by first creating the set piece and having the same content projected into adjacent boxes with about 7 seconds of delay on each subsequent box, and then the clowns spent countless evenings trying different sequences of actions to find those that played best.
The ending also went through several variations, where it was known that they wanted to project live content, but the frequent changes continuing even through previews allowed them to find the use of media that made the most sense.
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