major studio 1 Rachel Law Concept Pupa is an art performance installation exploring the illusion of power within a transformation as well as the unknowable nature of a chrysalisself The title Pupa refers to the ID: 376614
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Slide1
PUPA
major studio 1
Rachel LawSlide2
Concept
‘Pupa’ is an art performance installation exploring the illusion of power within a transformation as well as the unknowable nature of a chrysalis-self.
The title ‘Pupa’ refers to the
lifestage
of insects undergoing transformation, as well as the Latin word for
‘doll’.Slide3
precedents (technique)
Klaus Obermaier
,
Apparation
(2004):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
3btvEAE133k
Miwa
Matreyek
,
Dreaming
of
Lucid
Living
(2009):
http://youtu.be/
FPWjA8nAmuo
Slide4
precedents (concept)
Paolo Ventura, Automaton
(2011):
http://www.paoloventura.com
/
Katarina
Fristch
:
http://www.matthewmarks.com/artists/katharina-fritsch
/
George Shaw:
http://tinyurl.com/
69q7n5q
Eric Rohmer’s
Triple Agent
, William Gibson’s
Idoru
,
Joseph Conrad’s
Heart of Darkness
&
Wong
Kar
Wai’s
2046Slide5
Stage 1
Inspired by de Kooning’s statement: ‘flesh was the reason why oil painting was created’
Motif idea: myth of
Pygmalion
and Galatea
bring things to ‘life’ via transformationSlide6
Stage 1 iteration-execution
art performance-live painting piece
Type 1: timed
animation using 3-d
modelling
overlaying; separate bones combining to form the final shape of a skull which will ‘leap’ from the
wall
Type 2:
using
openCV
edge detection to overlay polygonal pixel shapes while painting to transform the flat
colour
into 3-
DSlide7
Stage 1 iteration&sketchesSlide8
Stage 1 iteration&sketchesSlide9
Stage 1 iteration&sketchesSlide10
Stage 1 problems
Too literal interpretation of ‘flesh’ did not capture the nuances of powerlessness and unknowable
Time limit
2 weeks to complete a 3-d rendered humanoid skeleton animation is close to impossible
No depth, no real form, seemed like an easy way out Slide11
Stage 2 ideas
Explore more kinds of ‘flesh’ Earth? Mud? Moss? Light? Makeup? reinterpret the concept of ‘painting?’
Related mythologies of Frankenstein/Golem and current modern manifestations of Pygmalion myth
i.e
makeover
tv
shows or even shows like My Fair Lady
Still need a form(!)Slide12
Stage 2 explorationsSlide13
Stage 2 explorations
http://vimeo.com/32444017 (
using
light
particles
to
paint
)
http://youtu.be/
518XP8prwZo
(
using
sand
and
lightbox
)Slide14
Stage 3 ideas
Solidify choice on ‘painting’ using ‘light’New modern interpretation motifs
transformative sequences from the ‘magical girl’ cartoon genre (form problem solved!)
execution choice
using
ofxKinect
or
chromascreening
?Slide15
Final Execution
INSERT VIDEO LINK HERESlide16
further developments
Complete the full animationSwitch from greenscreening
to
ofxkinect
to make the installation fully interactive to any participantSlide17
?
end
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