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Projection Studio presents “World Machine” at 2015 Durham Lumiere

Projection Studio presents “World Machine” at 2015 Durham Lumiere
Projection Studio presents “World Machine” at 2015 Durham Lumiere

Projection artist Ross Ashton and The Projection Studio produced another work, “The World Machine”, onto Durham Cathedral in the UK for the 2015 Durham Lumiere light festival which attracted upwards of 200,000 people to the city over four nights of light installations.

 

It was the fourth time that Projection Studio has created an art installation onto the Cathedral, but the first time it’s been done using video projectors. In the past, Pigi film projectors were used. The projection system involved 14 Christie 20K machines which were positioned on a series of custom towers and hides strategically located around the perimeter of the Cathedral.

 

There is a depth differential of 25 metres from the front to the back projection surfaces which included all three spires. The images filling the space measured 160 metres wide by 60 metres tall. D3 was chosen for control. The show was 3D modelled in the D3 system enabling a detailed and complete wrap of the building to be produced.

 

Ashton produced all the digital art working in close collaboration with the Cosmology and History departments of Durham University and the staff of Durham Cathedral library. All contributed ideas to the concept which was initially inspired by the scientific work of Robert Grosseteste.

 

Original materials used by Ross in the show included renders generated by Durham University’s super-computer related to the research of dark matter, planets and galaxies and investigations into supernovas. There were also visualisations of the universe ‘created’ by the mathematical calculations of Grosseteste which were fed into the computer.

 

Ross worked closely with Projection Studio’s Sang Gun Kim, who led the team compiling all the 3D motion graphics and imaging making up the show content. The projectors, control and hardware was supplied by QED and co-ordinated by Dan Gray who also programmed and operated the D3. A sound design was created by John del Nero working with Sebastian Frost.

 

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Projection Studio presents “World Machine” at 2015 Durham LumiereProjection Studio presents “World Machine” at 2015 Durham Lumiere

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