Die Fassaden-Projektion ist wahrscheinlich so alt wie die Projektion selbst. Meine erste außergewöhnliche Fassadenschau habe ich 1994 in Rieti bei Rom gesehne, wo in einem Innenhof eines alten Gebäudes die Fenster ganz bewusst in die Gestaltung der Projektion eingebunden waren. Vor allem wurde damals mit Diaprojektoren noch grafische Elemente projeziert. In unserem Fotoclub in Schwäbisch Hall praktizieren wir das regelmäßig bei der Haller Kunstnacht und diese Kunstnächte sind meist im Herbst, wenn es schon früh dunkel wird und man trotzdem noch mit Plusgraden rechnen kann.

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In modern Russia, projection maps you! – Video inside.

Drive productions has just completed a major projection mapping project in St Petersburg, Russia, providing the opening night event for internet service provider Yota’s inaugural Yota Space Festival. The company’s Troy Morgan acted as event producer for Drive, and InAVate editor Chris Fitzsimmons caught up with him to discuss the process of putting on such an event, and importantly, the technology that goes into it. Check out Drive’s extensive behind the scenes video in the story.

Troy, how did you and Drive become involved in this event?
Drive were recommended to Yota by a supplier that worked with us on another project. After our introductions we were given the initial brief and pre-production started from there. I was keen to get involved in video mapping following the success of other similar projects Drive had recently completed.

How long were you working on the project?
First discussions took place in mid October, and the full design and pre-production was under way by end of the month. Into November the content production stepped up a notch and became increasingly intense, leading to the technical production on location right up until moments before we ran the show. So in total, about two and a half months.

What kind of brief did you get?
We were fortunate enough to have been given an open creative brief, loosely based around a sci-fi theme. The freedom of the brief allowed us to get creative with the content and not be constrained by strict corporate guidelines. We were required to integrate Yota brand imagery, but this happened quite naturally and worked well within the storyboards we were developing.

Who made the content?
Giles Thacker our Head of Motion Graphics and his team of animators and designers. The audio effects and sound track were produced by Stevie D, and includes a mix of one of the tracks from his new album.

Yota Video Mapping St Petersburg - Behind the Scenes from Drive Productions on Vimeo.

HUNGARIAN VISUAL ARTISTS ‘PAINT UP’ THE NIGHT OF MUSEUMS WITH CHRISTIE

Hungary’s annual Night of Museums’ Festival —designed to attract the general public with non-traditional, specialist art programmes — took on a new complexion this year. The new ‘Paint Up!’ architectural video mapping challenge was hailed in the Hungarian press as the most outstanding event of the

Festival. While museums remain open all night on June 19th (in celebration of the summer Solstice), in the centre of Budapest the remarkable ‘Paint Up’ — aimed at popularising a new form of contemporary art known as architectural video mapping – was being staged. Hungary’s leading visual artists were invited to ‘paint’ the façade of the magnificent Hungarian National Gallery, within the historic Buda Castle complex.

The idea for the event came from hosts/organisers, Visualpower. The Christie partners made available four high powered Christie projectors — a Roadster S+20K (20,000 ANSI lumens SXGA+) and S+16K (16,000 ANSI lumens SXGA+) paired on each side. According to László Riegler, Visualpower’s CEO, who masterminded the event, it was the first time they had staged this advanced video mapping challenge (in 2D and 3D) — and it was an outstanding success.

“As leaders in the Hungarian visual display market, and local representatives of this technology, we organized this non-profit competition and provided our high power Christie projection. The content was provided by the artists whose work complemented to the architecture of the building.

“We have seen how popular this genre is in other parts of the world and we wanted to introduce the concept of lighting up buildings to Hungary.” From the original 32 artists who tendered, the adjudicating panel of renowned professionals selected a final 12 to take part in the two hour long programme.

Each had three minutes in which to present their motion picture animation (accompanied by musical soundtrack) onto this monument, from the Square in front of the gallery. Most incorporated both 2D and 3D elements, while one was one painted on paper with traditional animation technique.

The size of the competition surface measured 30m x 23m — providing a near 700sq. metre surface area. But there was a further bonus. World class exponents of the idiom, László Zsolt Bordos and Ivó Kovács (known for their huge resolution 3D animation composed for the opening ceremony of the Dubai Palm Islands) — made a 3D presentation film exclusively for the occasion (in cooperation with Viktor Vicsek), and this was projected onto an extended surface measuring 60m x 23m.At their disposal were the four Christie projectors, fitted with 1.45-1.8:1 lenses rigged on two sides of the projection studio, and placed on a Lahyer Scaffolding system.

László Riegler stated, “The main conception of this show was to project two stacked half pictures that were stitched together in one panoramic picture. All this was performed by four beamers – a Christie S+16K and a Christie S+20K paired on left and right side – and a Christie Vista Spyder X20 0808 video processor.”

The system was fed from a media server in the form of a powerful PC, installed with special software to position the animations according to the architecture of the building. Since there was a statue positioned in the middle of the Square, Visualpower managed to bypass this with the aid of a Christie Vista Spyder X20 0808 video processor that ‘stitched’ together the panoramic picture from the two half video frames projected by the beamers placed on the sides.

The resolution of the competitors’ artworks was 1024 x 768 — an easy resolution to work with — while the professional presentation animation had a resolution of 2000 x 720 onto the extended widescreen surface.

The projection distance was 45 metres and Visualpower applied electronic lens shift to provide the right exposure of the pictures.After a hard-fought contest the artist adjudged the winner was Budapest-based Demeter Lóránt, with his piece, ‘Variations’. His prize was a Christie LX400 LCD projector provided by Christie Digital Hungary. Runner-up Tamás Iván took home an Edirol P-10 Visual Sampler as his prize.

Summing up, László Riegler confirmed that with between 8,000-10,000 people assembling in the Square for this jaw-dropping presentation, ‘Paint-Up’ had been an unqualified success. “This was no ordinary job. A main advantage of these projectors was the stacking legs that allowed fast and easy installation for our engineers when using the projectors in dual mode.

“Due to the extremely good colour, high quality lens and brightness uniformity — even when using different type of beamers with new or used lamps — it is also easy to project panoramic picture with an unnoticeable overlap. In fact we consider Christie projectors to be the most reliable and durable ones on the rental market.”

He also added that it had been an honour for Visualpower to be able to provide its technical background, to enable the artists to unveil their creativity. “In this