PROJECTION SCULPTURE ~ ILLUMINART®:
Architectural projection and building projection by Illuminart® combines animated projection and advanced projection design techniques.We design and create exemplary projection art shows and events around Australia, with a focus on quality, community engagement, and significance. Our mission in this field is to captivate the growing audience for projection art in Australia with meaningful and exciting work of the highest artistic calibre.
What is architectural projection and building projection?is there a difference?
Architectural projection and building projection are techniques for the transformation of buildings and structures in public space, using lighting, sound and high-powered image projection. Architectural projection (also known as architectural building projection, or architectural projection mapping) is a form of audiovisual spectacle that involves matching the projected imagery to the precise form and architectural features of the building, whereas building projection simply uses the building as a canvas without the complex mapping and transformation.
The art form developed from Son et Lumiere
(sound and light show), a method of combining
imagery, sound scapes, narration, music, and
lighting effects onto architecture as a form of
public spectacle, sometimes interweaving live
performance.
Modern video projection technology has made the
process more cost effective and with capabilities
of animation, building transformation and other
special effects from lighting art through to temporal illusions. As a result, the techniques are
being used increasingly around the world for
entertainment, advertising, viral marketing, and
cultural events in ways that are quite diverse.
Architectural projection involves applications of multiple disciplines and technologies (lighting, animation, architecture, audiovisual communication, public art and events design), developed via a design process that is customised for each building and event.
Illuminart's projects are led by South Australian multimedia artist Cindi Drennan and a team of peers and suppliers who together design and create a small and exclusive set of culturally significant architectural projection events each year.
Highlights of our work in this area include:
| Port Inhabited 2011, projection onto multiple buildings in a single precinct, interweaving significant historical media with entertaining and vibrant local stories. | |
| Scrap the Gothic, Too Silly - Projection for launch of the South Australian Film Corporation in October 2011, featuring the iconic blue stone building as the star of an imaginary feature film. | |
| The Ribbon, Architectural Projection Art commissioned for Country Arts SA and the Rural City of Murray Bridge, for the Burke Urban Sound and Light show. The audiovisual story depicted memories and stories contributed by Murray Bridge residents, mapped onto the historic town hall building. | |
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Harts Mill Inhabited, a site specific audiovisual projection that told a story (using high powered audiovisual projection) on and about the historic Harts mill building, interweaving local ideas and memories of the building and the Port River, with the artist's own vision. The story is told as though through the eyes and experiences of the Harts Mill itself, as if it is a character of many years' knowledge telling the younger buildings on the western shore of the Port River, what it has seen and may yet see. |