Projection Mapping: Class 2
Class 2
2D Mapping
Using MadMapper and the provided 2D mapping template, we were to fill the entire template with various shapes and colors that could be projected onto a space. With the color wheel, I decided to cover the canvas with a primarily pastel colored theme, except with one slighter deeper shade of orange-red to add some contrast. There were various tools to use in order to cut out a specific shape or fill in empty space, such as creating masks, and inverting them depending on if you want to fill the cut-out with color or the background. You could also adjust the opacity to see the canvas you were working with, and most of my shapes are not at 100% opacity because I wanted to blend the pastels together, making it more seamless. The shapes I used include: quads, triangles, circles, and lines. Once the template was filled, I then switched to the video output mode in order to see my creation without the template. In this mode, you can see what the visuals would really look like if they were projected. I also decided to play around with the scale and speed to see how the color pigments would change along with the rate of how quickly the color wheel spins.
Finding of the Week
I passed by the Little Italy Fair and there was a lit-up ferris wheel, along with ticket booths and game booths that all had flashing LED lights. The colors would change abruptly or with patterns but I did not get a video of it.
Pinterest Board & Research
Like I mentioned in my previous post, Tony Oursler video sculpture work revolves around different aspects of faces or even the entire face. His work Bulbous Eyes is the main focus of my inspiration. His installations are quite unique as all the eyes are unique and the spheres are different sizes. The set up of his installations change depending on which area space he is working with. One way I would like to build upon this for my own project, is to make the eyeball engulf the entire sphere, and have them orbit around the center where an interactive user stands. The user will have a tracking device that allows for the pupils to focus on them.
First pin: Joel Sebastion. Second pin: Karman Verdi. Third Pin: Paul Sermon.
I’m also quite interested in the idea of fulfilling the lonely void through projected people or the creative ways of communication. For instance, one project I could think of is that two people are in separate rooms but they are projected in front of each other, allowing them to see one another through the projection. Perhaps they could even communicate through writing notes and displaying it.