betaversionpack 2004
Abbey St Studios, Richmond. Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival
betaversionpack werer a series of interactive image experiments with sound I conducted in 2004 at my studio where the public was invited to participate.
The experiments involved a data projector, computer, infrared mouse, stretched canvases with prepared reflective surfaces, triggered recorded sounds. The audience activated and triggered visual animations and recorded sounds via a mouse. The projected images bounced off the various reflective surfaces in different ways creating a kind of depth of field experience. The stretched canvases were arranged upright at various positions to create different "planes" for the projection to project on to.
The betaversion experiments were first inspired by experiments with real-time digital painting at Pinacotheca gallery, Melbourne in 2001 which used a digital projector, computer, infrared mouse, Photoshop and VR programs. Experiments at my flat also contributed at the time as it had lots of doors I could open or shut to different rooms and first demonstrated to me the idea of projecting on to physical surfaces and planes to create a visual space I was interested in.
Images: betaversionpack, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Studio 15, Abbey Studios, Richmond, Melbourne 2003, betaversion 4.2, First Site Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne 2004, Pinacotheca and East Melbourne experiments 2001
