The Creators Project: How do you 3D-render spray paint? “I just paint, then I scan it,” Santtu Mustonen tells The Creators Project, making the process of converting pigment to pixels sound simple.
For a commission at the New York City Ballet, in the foyer of Lincoln Center’s iconic mid-century, Philip Johnson-designed David H. Koch Theater, the Finn artist turned his aesthetic paintings into a towering, prismatic video installation that lights up the building’s crystal facade like an LED light in souvenir lucite. Every speck of colorful 3D abstraction was once a fleck of paint, from buttery ribbons spooling across the space’s quartet of giant screens to confetti-like particles dancing through digital space.
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These projections look really cool and unique. I think the combination of the art form of spray painting and animations mix very well in a way that elevates the art to another level. looking at the stills from the Lincoln Center the pieces seem to be very vivid and detailed. they seem to be very 3D. I especially like how the detail of the spray paint really stands out. That you can see the movement of the paint in the making of this art is very unique. The fact that Mustonen use of large scale vivid art in this environment of marble I think is a great contrast and relates the to art of ballet very well. Also, not only contrasting with the environment, but also using it as a compliment to the pieces as well I think really added to the instillation rather than ignoring the environment in a way.
It is so lovely that there are so many dance related articles this week! As a former ballet student, the art holds a very dear place in my heart. That being said, I have grown up with Ballet and the amount it has changed is astonishing. The types of Ballets are becoming more and more experimental and there is so much new collaboration. The partnership with Sattun Mustonen is a prime example. It really is unique forms of art coming together for an enriching experience for the everyday art lover. It also warms my heart that New York City Ballet is using its power and presence to support other artists and help their work get seen. It is great that they also commissioned the artists to do this. This is such a new collaboration that it tickles me with excitement. The artist chosen are so innovative in themselves. Artist supporting artists and widening exposure to our community makes me happy, and gives me hope for a more peaceful and beautiful world.
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. For me, at first, it seemed like such an odd concept, and one I still don’t really understand the mechanics for it. However, I do feel like this could revolutionize art and theatre in terms of Scenic and Media design. I know that this artist aesthetic was more on the lines of you do your own interpretation of the colors and movement of the renderings without any clear story or reason behind it, which in itself is a really cool thing, but I feel like you could do a lot of cool story telling with it as well. For example, I am reminded of the media in Mr. Marmalade, where there was a lot of weird and colorful “home” patterns projecting over the grayed out stuff animals (which was a really cool way to use a screen) and had specific placement and movement. It would be really interesting if you took the same stuffed animal screen, and instead of the patterns, have a piece of moving art to represent the same symbolisms and movement. I can’t for this type of 3D to become used more within theaters and performances.
I love installation art like this, especially because it combines more than one art form into one experience. Ballet is so often seen as a traditional and stiff art without much room for modern technology or influence, but I love that this experience challenges that. People who go to see ballet might not necessarily be the ones to go to a contemporary art museum and vice versa. I especially like that instead of being overly expensive, it is instead quite affordable for many people. This is a great way to get diverse audiences, especially younger people who might not have as much of an interest in the ballet. I also really like how the artist incorporated existing pieces into the display. I too would have initially been thinking of ways to cover or move the sculptures, but I absolutely love how the artist managed to make them look like part of the piece, without losing the original look or intention of those pieces.
It’s always interesting to learn about an artist’s process when creating a piece, especially when they are working in collaboration like Mustonen is in a way. I find it fascinating that Mustonen took such inspiration from the building and the dancing, seeing how he could have just as easily created something independent from those ideas and just stuck it in the lobby. The whole process seems very unique. I don’t think I’ve ever seen animated spray paint before. But it takes on a certain rhythmic quality in a way that reminds me of dancing. I also enjoy that this installation is interactive in that the audience can walk through it and feel like they are floating inside of the art. It’s a piece that seems very cohesive to the world of dance the audience is about to enter. One other interesting fact from the article I thought was hilarious, was that back in the 60’s the architects had the controversial statues installed before the last wall so that they can never be removed from the building. I really think that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.
THIS IS AMAZING! I am so excited to see interdisciplinary collaboration taking place at such a large scale. This type of work is what is shaping our art form and upholding the legitimacy of what we are studying. I think that all art needs to be held at this standard. It is so important that we continue to redefine the typical theatrical experience because its whats making art so unique. Like Emma, I am also interested to learn more about the process of this artist and to see how the unconventional theatrical experience has impacted their work/will impact their future work. I think that we should all want to jump at the idea of experimental theatre/dance/opera because it teaches us so much about ourselves as artists. It is amazing what two minds, or two art forms, can do in collaboration to make each other more successful and marketable.
I feel like we so often talk about computer science and technology entering the world of art but by doing so we often forget that collaboration consists between the two. For every artist using illustrator for the first time to create modern digital spray paint pieces, there is a computer genius who is discovering art in a way he or she would never feel comfortable to outside of the computer screen. In that way I feel like the integration of art into technology and vice versa, such as the example shown in this article, is so important to the growth of the human population as a whole. Uniting creative thinkers and technology moguls under an umbrella of intellectual art. The work produced above is beautiful and amazing indeed, but above the color and the image I see a future for not only the arts community, but american ideals on talent and ability as well.
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