Creating Imaginary Spaces
Projected images on a surface will become flat, except for images that
have been projected with three-dimensional hologram projectors.
However, when a set of two-dimensional images meet perpendicularly, it
develops a three-dimensional quality. I have explored ways of folding
moving images just like folding paper to create a three-dimensional
object. Through a set of experiments, with sound as a catalyst,
creating a three-dimensional environment using two-dimensional motion
pictures was the goal. The final project creates a fundamental
structure which uses space as a framework for motion graphics. As
content, using only dots, lines and planes to portray the basic forms
of graphic design. Two projectors were set in a room - one projecting
the floor and the other projecting the a wall perpendicular to the
floor. The images were set up to share a side. Two projectors were set
up to show different movie clips. However, these were connected with a
shared narrative. For example, a movie clip was projected on the wall
showing a circle moving down into the screen on the floor, which
consequently followed by the clip creating a ripple effect to show that
the circle on the wall recedes onto the screen on the floor. Through
this set up of the two two-dimensional moving pictures, the viewer is
able to visualize a three-dimensional scenery of a sunset at the beach.
The shared edge becomes the horizon. Among the moving shapes, people
are driven to imaginary spaces. This content was kept very abstract and
structural to let audiences open their own imaginations.