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PUPA . major studio 1. Rachel Law. Concept. ‘Pupa’ is an art performance installation exploring the illusion of power within a transformation as well as the unknowable nature of a chrysalis-self.

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  1. PUPA major studio 1 Rachel Law

  2. Concept ‘Pupa’ is an art performance installation exploring the illusion of power within a transformation as well as the unknowable nature of a chrysalis-self. The title ‘Pupa’ refers to the lifestage of insects undergoing transformation, as well as the Latin word for ‘doll’.

  3. precedents (technique) • Klaus Obermaier, Apparation (2004): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3btvEAE133k • MiwaMatreyek, Dreaming of LucidLiving (2009): http://youtu.be/FPWjA8nAmuo

  4. precedents (concept) • Paolo Ventura, Automaton (2011): http://www.paoloventura.com/ • Katarina Fristch: http://www.matthewmarks.com/artists/katharina-fritsch/ • George Shaw: http://tinyurl.com/69q7n5q • Eric Rohmer’s Triple Agent, William Gibson’s Idoru , Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness &Wong KarWai’s2046

  5. Stage 1 • Inspired by de Kooning’s statement: ‘flesh was the reason why oil painting was created’ • Motif idea: myth of Pygmalion and Galatea  bring things to ‘life’ via transformation

  6. Stage 1 iteration-execution • art performance-live painting piece • Type 1: timed animation using 3-d modelling overlaying; separate bones combining to form the final shape of a skull which will ‘leap’ from the wall • Type 2: using openCV edge detection to overlay polygonal pixel shapes while painting to transform the flat colour into 3-D

  7. Stage 1 iteration&sketches

  8. Stage 1 iteration&sketches

  9. Stage 1 iteration&sketches

  10. Stage 1 problems • Too literal interpretation of ‘flesh’  did not capture the nuances of powerlessness and unknowable • Time limit  2 weeks to complete a 3-d rendered humanoid skeleton animation is close to impossible • No depth, no real form, seemed like an easy way out

  11. Stage 2 ideas • Explore more kinds of ‘flesh’  Earth? Mud? Moss? Light? Makeup?  reinterpret the concept of ‘painting?’ • Related mythologies of Frankenstein/Golem and current modern manifestations of Pygmalion myth i.e makeover tv shows or even shows like My Fair Lady • Still need a form(!)

  12. Stage 2 explorations

  13. Stage 2 explorations • http://vimeo.com/32444017 (using light particlestopaint) • http://youtu.be/518XP8prwZo (usingsand and lightbox)

  14. Stage 3 ideas • Solidify choice on ‘painting’ using ‘light’ • New modern interpretation motifs  transformative sequences from the ‘magical girl’ cartoon genre (form problem solved!) • execution choice  using ofxKinect or chromascreening?

  15. Final Execution • INSERT VIDEO LINK HERE

  16. further developments • Complete the full animation • Switch from greenscreening to ofxkinect to make the installation fully interactive to any participant

  17. ? end Thank you for listening!

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