My previous experiments have taught me things about both mapping and animation. For this third experiment I wanted to look at the projecting side of things. What could I project onto/through?
I wanted to see if I could carry out live projections, my initial idea was to create art using alcohol inks. These inks mix themselves and are interesting to watch. I tried this using a perspex box with the projector placed underneath with the light facing my ceiling. With an acetone sheet on top which I dropped the inks onto. This never worked out as expected and appeared blurry.
I had an idea to use a kaleidoscope but never had one so I made a short animation from my alcohol ink images to create something like a kaleidoscope. I wanted to use this on a mirror and also through smoke. I realised that this experiment was more about surfaces etc than animation so I found royalty free stock videos to use for this experiment.
The mirror seemed to give more depth to the images projected onto it although this is not so visible in the final video. Also good to see that it is possible to project onto multiple surfaces with one projection. Also seen how certain images react to corners, i.e. wall/ceiling junction.
The smoke was made by simply putting lit cigarettes in a bowl inside the perspex box. This went really well with some interesting results. This worked best when the first cigarette was lit as the smoke was more distinctive in shape and form. This could be something I could use again in future, not sure exactly what for but I will remember doing it. There are videos on vimeo showing the components and also a final video. The links are below.
https://vimeo.com/122996976
https://vimeo.com/123292649
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