Week 11: Project Feedback

Week 11 = Project Feedback in the Basement

Digital Archive Submission – See info from Caroline in your recent emails.
Presentations Next Week  – Building 8, Level 7, the AV Lab – diagonally opposite the AV Loans desk.

  • 1. Submit a 1 page PDF per group, critically reflecting on how each member’s work contributed to the whole (submit via email – to sean.healy @ rmit.edu.au )
  • 2. Set-up model and demonstrate 1 minute projection mapped video on it
  • 3. Show a PDF presentation (max 5 x A4 pages) + 1 x 1 min video max – demonstrating your concept, process and delineating group involvement.
    – UPLOAD PDF + VIDEO TO GOOGLE DRIVE HERE – and please include first name of each group member, in file name.
  • 4. If anyone has suggestions for a celebratory drink after class….

Further Exploring With Projection + Installations

Where to after Choreographics?

Video and Animation
Projection Mapping and Lighting
Interactivity And Installations

Video and Animation

Learn about

  • cinematography
  • editing
  • 2D animation
  • 3D animation
  • motion graphics

Courses
After Effects + Premiere – Use the extensive Lynda.com resources while you’ve still got free access. See also : videopilot.net

Software
After Effects – aescripts.com (great collection of time-saving and special-effect resources for amplifying the powers of AE)

Element 3D – a plugin for easily integrating 3D objects into an After Effects workflow.
Cinema4D – The most popular 3D software for creating video oriented 3D animation – there is a Cinema4D-Lite version built into After Effects to get you started. (See Adobe’s video introduction about that… )
Hardware
There’s a universe of camera equipment waiting to be explored..

Projection Mapping and Lighting

Inspiration: 

Software

Hardware
What is DMX? (For lighting..)
What is Midi? (A protocol for controlling software via other devices) (Example midi controllers – for live control)
What is OSC? (A protocol for controlling software via other devices)
MiniMad (Dedicated cheap mini-pc by madmapper, purpose built for installations)
Projector Central (Includes an online calculator for estimating projector to screen distraces and projection width)

Interactivity And Installations

Courses
Kadenze – good range of interesting and contemporary audiovisual courses
Creative Coding – “Use computer programming as a creative discipline to generate sounds, images, animations and more, with this free online course”
Imaginary Institute – Learn how to create gorgeous interactive graphics.
Media Lab Melbourne – has regular meet-ups and events for interactive and creative coding pursuits.

Software

MAX MSP + JITTER
Touch Designer
VUO
Processing

Unity (game engine also used for making interactives, installations)
Unreal Engine (game engine also used for making interactives, installations)

Hardware
How to keep an Installation up forever
Guide to Projectors for Interactive Installations
Guide to Cameras for Interactive Installations
Arduino – cheap portable computers for installations and wearable electronics.
Raspberry Pi – as above (see example project list)
Makey Makey – DIY interactivity without any programming
Midi / OSC / DMX
Adafruit – Online electronics site, dedicated to DIY electronic projects.

Three Artist Profiles To Inspire:

RAFAEL LOZANO HAMMER

Prolific international installation artist… exhibiting at MONA / Dark Mofo in 2014, and behind a proposed ‘art tower’ in Hobart, as well a Fed Square exhibit in Melb, 2010.
Long list of projects.. To gauge how well considered his works are, browse through his manuals for installing and maintaining his installations.
Example projects – with clever use of light and shadow : Body Movies, and Open Air.
Other links: https://github.com/antimodular/ + https://github.com/antimodular/Best-practices-for-conservation-of-media-art

NONOTAK

Audiovisual installation and performance artists

JOANIE LEMERCIER

“a French artist primarily focused on projections of light in space and its influence on our perception.” “Light as a medium, Space as a canvas”

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