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Concept
Time is a precious commodity for human beings. It is an abstract and intangible concept that presides over every aspect of our daily lives. We are consumed by our past judgments, our present routines, and our uncertainties about the future. The hourglass is a concrete symbol of the ephemeral nature of life and the inevitability of the consequences of time. The concept of balance between the past, present, and future is recognized in the symmetrical shape of the hourglass, with its counterbalanced triangular compartments. The idea of duality in life can also be drawn from its form.These ideas commonly associated with the hourglass symbol were explored in my projections.
Process
For this project, we were going to be working individually, but teams were also going to be sharing one relief sculpture to project onto. When brainstorming about our projection canvas, Maryam, Brittany and I decided to revisit our old hourglass model from week 1. Maryam and I remodelled the hourglass piece into a low-poly model. This model was taken into Pepakura for laser cutting and the final layout was done in Rhino.
First, a calibration was done to fit the virtual model onto the physical relief. I utilized the calibrated model as the "spatial scan", so that I could work on animations off-site. I wanted to create a glass shatter effect for some of my compositions, and I found that I could achieve this effect pretty easily on After Effects.
In After Effects, you can create customized shatter maps that break/shatter according to the shapes you define on the map. I made a customized shatter map by importing the scanned hourglass image into Photoshop and blocking out the areas I wanted to shatter with multiple colored shapes. This map was taken back into After Effects and applied into the preset. Here's an easy step-by-step tutorial on how to make your own shatter maps!
All the animations were aggregrated into Modul8 into the different preset nodes and syphoned into MadMapper. I utilized the midi controller buttons to switch between presets on each software simultaneously. Midi controls were also added to the color and video speed knob in Modul8.
Finished Pieces
Concept
Time is a precious commodity for human beings. It is an abstract and intangible concept that presides over every aspect of our daily lives. We are consumed by our past judgments, our present routines, and our uncertainties about the future. The hourglass is a concrete symbol of the ephemeral nature of life and the inevitability of the consequences of time. The concept of balance between the past, present, and future is recognized in the symmetrical shape of the hourglass, with its counterbalanced triangular compartments. The idea of duality in life can also be drawn from its form.These ideas commonly associated with the hourglass symbol were explored in my projections.
Process
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| Hourglass Model |
First, a calibration was done to fit the virtual model onto the physical relief. I utilized the calibrated model as the "spatial scan", so that I could work on animations off-site. I wanted to create a glass shatter effect for some of my compositions, and I found that I could achieve this effect pretty easily on After Effects.
In After Effects, you can create customized shatter maps that break/shatter according to the shapes you define on the map. I made a customized shatter map by importing the scanned hourglass image into Photoshop and blocking out the areas I wanted to shatter with multiple colored shapes. This map was taken back into After Effects and applied into the preset. Here's an easy step-by-step tutorial on how to make your own shatter maps!
All the animations were aggregrated into Modul8 into the different preset nodes and syphoned into MadMapper. I utilized the midi controller buttons to switch between presets on each software simultaneously. Midi controls were also added to the color and video speed knob in Modul8.
Finished Pieces
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