Collaboration

I intend to create an Audio Visual Responsive Projection Mapped Installation in partner ship with Zachary Snow a fellow 2nd year MMU Creative Multimedia Student. I had approached Zac towards the end of the last project as I found we both had similar interests within the Audio Visual side to art and believed that a collaboration together could be very beneficial to both as he had a more advanced knowledge to the software side and I was able to produce the imagery that was going to be used within our work. 

We are going to create a structure that we are going to projection map on to, and are going to sample and experiment with materials to see which would be most suited to our needs to build the structure. To create the structure I’m going to learn how to use a 3d drawing software called Sketch Up which I have never used anything like before so will be a great challenge for me.

Zac is going to be creating his own Audio Visual Responsive Program using OpenFrameWorks that will generate and trigger visuals created from the Microscopic Imagery that I have previously been working on whilst still developing this further. Visuals will then be 3D mapped onto the final structure that will be responsive to audio of our choice.

As well as the challenge to create our audiovisual responsive software, we have set ourselves an even bigger challenge to also construct the physical installation. we intend to create the structure on 3D software, that will either be built out of wood, plastic or metal; using either woodworking tools, metalworking tools, the CNC machine or the laser printer. Which will also involve a lot of new inductions for me. We will firstly explore the 3d software and come up with a range of designs to show that we have experimented before achieving the final outcome. after testing and experimenting, we hope to create a true to scale physical construction that we can then begin to projection map onto.

While producing this project, we intend to develop a practice that will allow us to quickly experiment and produce visuals. As well as be able to advertise our selves to event organizers. In terms of the final program that will run these visuals, nothing has been definitely decided on and it could just run on openFrameworks or a collection of different software. We hope that our final outcome will be exhibited of some sort, so the work will be displayed via a projector and physical installation, which I believe will be much better for a viewer as you are able to really interact with the installation having speakers playing the music. However, We'll also produce videos of the final installation, to use as a portfolio and to advertise our work.

We are going to create a proto type installation of a structure that we are able to use to show to event organizers within Manchester and also at festivals across the country and so on. The aim is to enhance the overall experience of the event to you as an individual, combing the visual imagery to integrate within the music itself and how one another can compliment. Our target audience would me more specifically to electronic and techno nights across Manchester which I myself already have a lot of connections with promoters which are eagerly awaiting to see the final outcome as Manchester is currently crying out for this niche of art at venues and nights that I attend which is definitely at our advantage. 

We hope that the outcome of what we are able to create in such a short time span will help us gain opportunity for funding to then be able to re create on more of a larger scale with better quality materials and also explore more with hardware in the future which would still be suitable for a particular event. We will attract our target audience by specifically showcasing desirable tracks fitted to a particular event showcasing skills and the ability to create the audio visual content.