Lumina Festival 2014

The 3rd edition of LUMINA Light Festival took place in Cascais 12 to 14 September 2014, and showcased 26 artworks coming from numerous countries scattered along the Path of Light, offering the public moments of discovery, magic and thrill. The program was varied and included details that remembered us the connection of the Town with the sea and light.

The choice of renowned and internationally recognized artists in the field of the art of light, took the audience to feel completely involved, outperforming the only contemplative side that light brings.

Light shows, luminous sculptures and installations that interacted with visitors, multimedia projections and video mapping on buildings and, on the most emblematic places of the village, tribute was paid to the local heritage, proposed by Nuno Maya and Carole Purnelle, creators and artistic directors of the Festival.

One just had to follow the Blue Light! Come with me...

The choice of renowned and internationally recognized artists in the field of the art of light, takes the audience to feel completely involved, outperforming the only contemplative side that light brings.
Light shows, luminous sculptures and installations that interact with visitors, multimedia projections and video mapping on buildings and on the most emblematic places of the village, pay tribute to the local heritage and offer a different visit to Cascais, proposed by Nuno Maya and Carole Purnelle, creators and artistic directors of the LUMINA Light Festival.
Follow the Blue Light!
- See more at: http://www.lumina.pt/en/lumina/#sthash.BiKUs4zx.dpuf

I Lost my Heart in Lisboa

Oskar&Gaspar, a well know portuguese visual artists duo teamed up with several other artists to put together an enormous 15 minute multimedia show early September, projected on the west side of Terreiro do Paço, called "I lost my heart in Lisboa". The music was made by Beatbombers (Dj Ride & Stereossauro) feat Holly.

This was a journey through the city where, in search of the lost heart, you explored the multiplicity of cultures, languages and sounds through the portuguese capital's main iconography.

The video mapping projection was further enhanced by a very cool light show. Check also all photos through the hashtag #perdiocoracaoemlisboa.

Interior design mapping

I would love to own a space in Lisbon were I could just play around with visuals like this. Hopefully it may happen sooner than I think :-)

Vienna Belvedere Palace 2014

This work on the Belvedere Palace for Illuminarium3000 in Vienna showcased an illustrative presentation of the content bended on 3D mapping approach. Main chronology, famous artists, notable scientists, architects and a small volume of information, in comparison to general knowledge about Austria, fit in 8 minutes 40 seconds, however, showed the splendor of a small but mega-progressive state. Plus, the unique and beautiful in architecture palace building is also a great help!

12 most epic projection mapped stages

Amon Tobin ISAM Live

Ill Methodology presents a very interesting compilation of what they consider the 12 most epic projection mapped stages of live performances. You can see them all HERE!

Box, by The Creators Project

Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping on moving surfaces.
The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera. Bot & Dolly produced this work to serve as both an artistic statement and technical demonstration. 

It is the culmination of multiple technologies, including large scale robotics, projection mapping, and software engineering. This methodology has tremendous potential to radically transform theatrical presentations, and define new genres of expression.

Check out also the making-of of the whole project here.

Arco de Luz - A very cool 3D videomapping about Lisboa

Nuno Maya and Carole Purnelle, from O Cubo, pushed videomapping in Portugal to another level, by developing a very well done storytelling about the history of Lisboa. 
From August 9th to 18th,, three daily shows widespread among the whole fassades of Praça do Comércio, downtown Lisboa and by the river, to showcase a thorough 3D animated story of Lisboa, since the Arab invasion, passing by the 1873 earthquake to the full city reconstruction by Marquês de Pombal.
Well done either the team and also the Lisbon city-hall, who believed in such a project. It should continue every night until winter time, the tourists would be grateful, I'm sure!

LG mega projection in Berlin

Great branding action from LG in Berlin late 2010, great visuals. Love the deconstruction from the robot.

360º Fulldome Projection

Another fantastic project from the United VJs collective. Fulldome VJ Set performed by VJ Spetto & VJ Zaz @ Plaza de Colón, Madrid, in March 2013 for the Audi A3 Experience.

*Spark lauunches a Crossfader between Laptops

Toby Spark, a well know VJ, just launched an interesting piece of hardware.
The *spark d-fuser lets you crossfade between laptops. Whether switching between presenters or pushing avant-garde pixels, hands-on control for mixing DVI, VGA and HDMI signals is now available in a compact and affordable package.

So, what's in the 750 pound box?

To make the *spark d-fuser, we take an award winning video processor, partner it with a custom controller designed to give you the hands on control and worry free setup you need, and work both these over with custom firmware.
The controller sits up where your sources are, allowing you to push the processor and video cables away from your working area. Wiring is simple – see the adjacent diagram. The video out can go direct to a single screen, or using devices such as the Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition, you can drive multiple displays as if they were one.

Supplied as the *spark d-fuser package are

• Controller
• Controller Power Supply
• Processor
• Processor Power Supply
• Controller-Processor cable

 

Copenhagen club The Hive with cool permanent installation

This video documents a permanent video installation Obscura has created for the Copenhagen night club The Hive. 
The people behind the new club contacted them asking if they would create a unique permanent installation using projection mapping techniques. They designed a wall relief and devised a technical solution that allows both pre-programmed loops to be played by the press of a button as well as letting VJs plug into the system and use the mapped wall shapes as their screen. 
This is the largest permanent mapping installation in Copenhagen so far. 
For those interested in the technical details: projectionfreak.com/obscura-permanent-projectionmapping-at-the-hive The wall relief was designed in collaboration with Sofus Kring.

Oskar & Gaspar Human Face mapping project

Nice doc about video-mapping with the participation of the portuguese team Oskar & Gaspar, who have been shaking the video scene internationally.


By the way, here's the making-of video of the Human Face video mapping project that launched them abroad.

I like a lot Vitor Joaquim music/video work. This is latest work - awsome! Don't quite know what software he uses, but i would guess processing. Love the fluid and hipnotic lines, very organic!

http://vimeo.com/51772351
Vitor Joaquim & Maria Fandango

Dub Video Connection at Time Warp

The Portuguese Dub Video Connection did their grand debut at the Time Warp in Italy with Sven Vath last month. Stage design, video mapping, and visuals design had a huge impact. Next stop? Utrech, Holland in December.

 

Visuals for a private 18th birthday party

Last weekend I did the visuals for a girl's 18th birthday party, together with DJ Xumbinho. A dance tent was mounted on the exterior, so I decided to do some projections on the facades of all the surrounding buildings to get the party going into a colorful mood. Here goes some photos.
The event was produced by Euro-M.

An impressive and colorful show called "Kolobok", based on Russian folk tales, was shocased early October at the Gorky Park, at the Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light 2012".

SilaSveta Studio
Concept by: Denis Bashev, Alex Mamontov
Producers: Alexander Us, Alex Rozov
Art director: Alex Mamontov
Illustration by: Denis Bashev, Anna Eiserle
Animation: Alex Mamontov, Arthur Kondrashenkov, Mikhail Sedov, Alena Danilova
Music: Vasiliy Filatov
Interactive team: Nikita Mikharev, Vasiliy Filileev, Attacca digital
Technical director: Dima Napolnov

Urbanscreen set sails in Sydney Opera House

Some video mapping art seeks to change the perception of architecture itself, as if a building were made of hundreds of moving television screens. 
This video shows how design collective UrbanScreen, multi-award winning German design collective and whose projections I have already shown here several times, created optical illusions in the “sails” of the Sydney Opera House during the Vivid LIVE in June 2012. 
Motion graphics are projected onto the white surfaces, which dimple with movement like actual sails. The work explores both the iconic sculptural form of the Opera House but also its place as a home for music, dance and drama, resulting in a work that is both sophisticated and spectacular.
 

 

Moccaping - new videomapping buzzword?

In the Netherlands, 3D mapping company NuForme debuted what it calls “mocapping,” a combination of 3D video mapping projection and live motion capture technology. It projects animated light onto a rectangular building, effectively transforming the structure into a futuristic spaceship-like scene. What’s more, the character in the scene asked questions of and responded to spectators. Thus, each performance was different.

Mapping the Human Face

For the launch of its first 2 SIM card smartphone - Galaxy Y Duos - Samsung did something surprising: a mapped projection on an human face! This video uses exclusively the video mapping technique to build several characters on a human face. The images were projected directly over an actor, as in a canvas. This video mapping technique uses in this video the human face as its single object of work. By portuguese team Oskar & Gaspar, image and post-production by Droid I.D. 

Amstel Live! mapping

Cool videomapping opening for the De Vrienden van Amstel LIVE! 2012. Video mapping and illusion dance act by Timor Steffens and Tribe Company on behalf of Amstel Beer The Netherlands.