DAYDREAM by NONOTAK STUDIO

"DAYDREAM by Nonotak Studio is an audiovisual installation that generates space distortions. Relationship between space and time, accelerations, contractions, shifts and metamorphosis have been the lexical field of the project. This installation aimed at establishing a physical connection between the virtual space and the real space, blurring the limits and submerging the audience into a short detachment from reality. Lights generate abstract spaces while sounds define the echoes of virtual spaces. Daydream is an invitation to contemplation. The frontality of the installation leads the visitors to a passive position."

This project reminds me of some other installations by Kit Webster who also has been exploring projected light and visuals through space using different layers of geometric structures. But there is something fascinating in DAYDREAM too, I like the interactivity with the user and the light and the feedback the shadow leaves on the layers behind of, it remind me of the feeling while performing with video feedback, of course here there's not delay but there is also an interesting project called X-RAY TRAIN by Shimurabros where they got delay projecting over a frontal layered straight structure, have a look here. See more;

Onion Skin by Olivier Ratsi

"Onion Skin is a new immersive installation by Olivier Ratsi, an artist on the AntiVJ visual label. The first stage in the Echolyse project, which will give birth to several variations around the same concept, Onion Skin is made up of a physical dimension - a module of two walls, positioned at right angles - augmented by a projection and a 5.1 sound broadcast. 

Onion Skin is a graphical work about the re-composition of time and space through a game of perspectives, both of the exhibition space itself and that of the projection canvas. Built around a progressive structure, made up of 4 parts lasting 14 minutes in total, the piece plays on the principle of repetition and scale to create a physical and hypnotic experience that opens doors onto the hidden and untouchable. 

The whole experience of the installation is based on a very specific point of view. A precise position from which a new dimension is revealed to the audience by anamorphosis. The simple geometric elements ("peelings") that seemed to be flat at first suddenly start delimiting a new space. The illusion of a new dimension within the installation slowly appears as the onion skins seem to be leaving their physical surface behind." - AntiVJ. See more;

Vanishing Point by United Visual Artists

United Visual Artists are presenting Vanishing Point at Photography Playground in Berlin, scroll down into the post to see the pictures from the ongoing installation which "employs perspective as both tool and visual outcome to reshape, redefine and represent a pristine space. Inspired by sketches of Great Masters like Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo DaVinci or Albrecht Dürer, UVA sends lines into space from an arbitrary vanishing point, creating different volumes, divisions and rooms to be explored by the audience." See more;

United Visual Artists are one of 11 artists including; Julian Charrière, Numen / For Use and Zimoun among others whom have been commissioned by Olympus to generate large installation works that encourage the visitors to consider their perspective and experience. The exhibition is running till next May 24, 2013, see more info here.

Photography courtesy UVA

Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs

Great photographic work by the Swiss artist duo Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, who built minimalist wood structures to continue the perspective of several buildings. See more;

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Joe Hamilton

Trouble in Utopia and Survey are two recent good works by Joe Hamilton. Both projects work under the disorientation and hyper-reality created by Joe working through animated collage, numerous layers, transitions and different perspectives. The first one was created for BYOB Melbourne 2013 which took place at the new RMIT design Hub building designed by Sean Godsell in Melbourne. As Joe Hamilton told us; "the video work Trouble in Utopia is about the building. The building is quite brutal and moderist which really appeals to my taste but at the same time the starkness of the concrete and metal surfaces is quite dystopian. The piece is about these contradicting thoughts about the building. The title for the piece was taken from an episode of the documentary series shock of the new by recently deceased art critic Robert Hughes. The episode is about modernism's failure to bring about the utopian city through architecture." (Into the post you can see the video but I recommend to see it at the project page as the video works together and synchronized with several backgrounds which makes the entire piece.)

The second piece into the post titled Survey is quite crazy, this time Joe has used real video footage and did an excellent exercise of tracking, by attaching onto the building and its outdoor another imagery source. I also like how he complemented the perspectives and structures with flat green plans which fit perfect but at the same time make a big contrast with the high presence of vegetation. See more;

Trouble in Utopia, 2013

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Survey, 2013

Reliefs by Alexandra Roozen

These "Reliefs" by Alexandra Roozen are mesmerizing! I really like their minimalist style and careful composition, despite this, they provoke in the viewer a very strong visual effect, introducing him/her into different impresive perspectives. All the series is made from the same material and size, silicone rubber and 50x40 cm, 2011. See more;

"Alexandra Roozen's works are full of surprises. They demand physical proximity, to be looked at up-close, scrutinized. They absorb your vision, invite you to discover emerging planes, distinguish lines and follow contours. The observer is challenged to view the work again and again from various perspectives. This is mainly a result of the fact that, in order to research and analyze the properties and limitations of materials, Roozen explores the expressive power of forms and textures, of sizes and proportions. It is, however, the intense manner in which she is able to render spatial illusion that determines the magic of her work." - Netty van de Kamp

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