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FEATURE
GONDWANA LIGHT LAB
The dramatic metallic blades of The Concourse, Chatswood’s cultural hub, acted as the backdrop to The Electric Canvas’s Gondwana Light Lab, an exploration of creatures from the Triassic southern supercontinent. Dinosaurs evolve from their origins in the depths of the ocean, move onto land, and ultimately climbing trees and escarpments from which they launch themselves into the air. The animals are studied through a magnifying glasses and microscopes, zooming in to see their amazing skin, scales and cells up close; and X-rayed to analyse their skeletons and use computed tomography to slice right though them. Photo: Keith McInnes. The Electric Canvas: theelectriccanvas.com.au
THE MATTER OF PAINTING
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) was transformed into a huge canvas with a collection of artists creating an illusion that the façade was actually being carved, painted, cut and brushed. The installation is a collaboration between Western Sydney artist Huseyin Sami and the Paris-based artistic collective Danny Rose. Each night the audience experienced a constantly morphing contemporary art installation-performance that gave a sculptural dimension to the museum architecture and utterly changed perceptions of the volume and depth of the building’s mass. The Museum of Contemporary Art at The Rocks once again served as a canvas for one of Vivid Sydney’s illuminated artwork. Western Sydney artist, Huseyin Sami, joined forces with Paris-based artistic collective, Danny Rose, to create the illusion that the facade was actually being carved, painted, cut and brushed during the presentation. TDC took care of the projection mapping and hardware. TDC’s Steve Cain said: “The challenges for this site are multiple angles, trees, and returns, which we’ve managed to map accurately. This is a stunning building to project onto which is a lightcoloured sandstone. The shape is really interesting for projection too. “We used high-powered projectors and media serving. However, not every project uses bells and whistles. Sometimes a simpler approach gives great results,” Cain added: “We love the old buildings so we broke all records in terms of set up, having projection mapping completed in just 1.5 hours. New buildings and objects challenge us which is the best way to learn things.” Photo: Anna Kučera. TDC: tdc.com.au