some changes of my project
In the course of research and development of my project which based on my previous project proposal, the project has been developed to a more meaningful work rather than a video of the changes of ray which was my original idea. During this course, I have obtained various advanced and the latest digital arts information which gave me many fresh ideas about my project. Now, I engaged more in the material nature of the project not only the editing of a video about light; I considered more about the relation between viewers and art work not only exploring the light reflection; I learned more about the installation art and interactivity not only examining the way of screening; I also reviewed multimedia artists’ works which gave me lots of inspiration not only the artists’ work which reflect light.
In the final unit, I keep researching and practising, trying to build an immaterial sculpture which is like a dynamic light environment. Unlike traditional video screening, the project will be more about the light in material sense rather than editing a video of light. Meanwhile, the forms of the light sculpture can be altered when the shadow of audiences’ moves are changing. Rather than compelling viewers to accept a stream of images, this project aims to provide an occasion to make audiences get psychological resonance of light and allow them to engage the work physically by passing through the ray of light and walking around the installation. In addition, because of the effect that audiences’ moves bring to the screening, the definition of every change of ray is unique. This project aims to build an immaterial light sculpture to make audiences get sensory experience of light.
As for the screening, in the previous unit, I have tried to shift and change the form of screen in different size and quantity in Premiere, which focuses much on how to make a video about light and regards less about the light in a material sense. Therefore, in this unit, I started shifting from experiment video editing to the material nature of the project by altering the position of multiple layers Transparent Screens in cross way and painting black geometry pattern on every single screen which can dissolve the light in a fixed way. I prefer using material installation to achieve the change of the screen’s form and size rather than using software editing. Additionally, the trend that art should enable experience of digital arts circle has become obvious.
