TDC and White Night Melbourne pioneer merger of street art with latest projection mapping tech 03 March 2015
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Projection mapping services and expertise from TDC Technical Direction Company enabled graffiti artists to express their artworks using technology in a true world first as part of this year's White Night Melbourne, one of Australia's most celebrated cultural events, which took place on Saturday, 21 February 2015.
TDC provided the technology and expertise behind a world first graffiti-mapping artwork projected onto the largest mural in Melbourne spanning 5 stories high and 70 metres long. This groundbreaking piece of street art was one of the highlights of White Night Melbourne 2015, a 12-hour nocturnal extravaganza running from 7pm to 7am, inspired by Paris' Nuit Blanche and the international network of White Night programmes around the world.
TDC no stranger to world first uses of projection mapping tech
With a stunning and expanded event landscape, White Night Melbourne 2015 offered agreat mix of free and ticketed entertainment over 12 hours, featuring local, national and international artists and works from Australia, France, Canada, Greece, Portugal, India and the United Kingdom, explains Artistic Director at White Night Melbourne, Andrew Walsh.
White Night offers a mix of visual art, exhibitions, spectacular illuminations, music, theatre, special diningexperiences, film, design and performances on display in venues and major cultural institutions across the city centre.
And TDC is clearly no stranger to world first uses of projection mapping tech or, for that matter, to White Night, adds Walsh, having been one of our go-to, trusted technology service providers for a number of years now.
TDC are a preferred technology supplier of White Night Melbourne, provided video projection technology and expertise to a number of the various exhibits across the event's impressive schedule this year.
The interconnectedness of street art, technology and the online frontier
This year was the first time that White Night Melbourne had worked with street art, presenting Sofles Graffiti Mapped, a pioneering interactive mural project curated by Juddy Roller exploring the interconnected nature of street art, technology and the online frontier.
Sofles Graffiti Mapped combined 3D video mapping, traditional street art and graffiti, executed by one of the most exciting and cutting edge street artists in the world: Australian born, internationally renowned artist, Sofles. Working closely with TDC and the Juddy Roller production team, including creative direction by Shaun Hossack, motion design by GrantOsborne, cinematography by Selina Miles, and a brand new musical score by New Zealand producer Opiuo.
TDC provided Barco HDX Flex projectors, lenses and control system, explains Brad Williams, Regional Manager, Victoria at TDC, As well as on-site technical support this and other areas at the festival.
The load in times were incredibly tight indeed! Yet it was a true delight to work on such a groundbreaking street art project. The merging of street art with the latest projection mapping tech created a visual spectacular that is clearly going to set a trend for future projects. These types of projects always help our team to test the technologies that we use to the absolute limit, which means that we are constantly usingthem in new and exciting ways.
TDC vital in bringing Sofles' work to life!
Projection mapping means so much for artists in being able to express their artwork using technology, explains Shaun Hassack, Owner at Juddy Roller, who personally selected Sofles and worked closely with the production team setting up the event over four days after Sofles had created the initial artwork to create the canvas.
The fa ade had quite a lot of negative space that helped with motion designers to have creativity and freedom to design the piece, adds Hassock. The narrative includes peace, war, technological advancement to ultimate destruction and re-birth . And TDC was absolutely vital to the entire project in bringing Sofles' work to life! TDC were already a known and trusted partner of White Night. Plus, animation artist Grant Osborne already knew TDC, so naturally we said we wanted to work with TDC for 3D projection mapping.
Grant Osborne mapped content using MadMapper video mapping software. TDC assisted by giving pixel space to create content within, and used the internal Barco HDX-W20 FLEX 20,000 lumens projectors warp function to correct the content.
TDC managed all the large scale technical stuff and the work when it came to projection, says Hossack. All of which, operationally, ran very smoothly indeed. In future, we'd like to bring in a little more interactivity and use lighting designers to bring the audience a little more into it. That would be next logical step forward. So watch this space!
I had always worked with street artists as a project manager and creative director, so White Night Melbourne was an amazing opportunity to bring it all together, where we created the world first graffiti mapping something that had never been done before. And something that we think left a deep and lasting impression on the Melbourne skyline long after the lights went out at this year's festival.
About White Night Melbourne
Inspired by Paris' Nuit Blanche and the international network of White Night programmes around the world, White Night Melbourne, Australia's most celebrated cultural event returned for one night only on Saturday 21 February 2015.
With an expanded event landscape, White Night Melbourne 2015 offered a mix of free and ticketed entertainment over 12 hours and featured local, national and international artists and works from Australia, France, Canada, Greece, Portugal, India and the United Kingdom.
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TDC and White Night Melbourne pioneer merger of street art with latest projection mapping tech 03 March 2015
