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.