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Chill Zone: Public Art Installation With Surface Projection: KL Festival Experi-Mental Film Festival: Deframed
Chill Zone: Public Art Installation With Surface Projection: KL Festival Experi-Mental Film Festival: Deframed
Chill Zone: Public Art Installation With Surface Projection: KL Festival Experi-Mental Film Festival: Deframed
16 20 November 2012 The Annexe Gallery, Central Market , Kuala Lumpur, Rimbun Dahan, Kuang and New Era College, Kajang Selangor
Padang Astaka, Selangor; converted into a festival ground for the 2012 Urbanscape. The open field became a basking ground for thousands of youth eager to bask in the bazaars, open air concerts and gigs. The main attraction was Sigur Ros and Yuna. The openness of the site became the idea generator for this public art installation. Commissioned by Urbanscapes, KONTAK! + Callen Tham created a public art
sculpture that gave a space for people to relax. The public art-space was created using timber crate platforms that were arranged around the existing trees into booths, seating and terraces. The focus piece was the DJ counsel with graphic video projections. The visuals provided by Fairuz Sulaiman were mapped onto the counsel. Part of the visuals involved graphics that were triggered from the music itself, like the equalizer effect on an audio player. The timber crates proved to be a challenging projection surface because it was uneven and had gaps. Despite this, it resulted in textured visuals of depth when the gaps created a `light flare effect when some of the projector light beams shot right through it. Overall, everyone enjoyed the relaxed environment under the trees as it provided temporary solace from the festivals high adrenaline. The projection mapping created a good visual focus point as people relaxed to music.
Its an explosion of visual and sound as the duos worked hand in hand.