Skullmapping is back with an innovative mapping project: Gallery Invasion

For its execution, This Belgian studio has used a Panasonic PT-VZ570 projector in combination with a special Dynamic Projection mirror mounted in front of the projector lens. Programmable and motorized, The mirror can rotate 270 Degrees, as well as up and down, allowing images to be projected throughout the room located in the Antoon gallery in Leuven.

Gallery Invasion is the new project of the Belgian studio Skullmapping, formed by Filip Sterckx and Antoon Verbeeck, which once again shows an innovative initiative after the realization of Le Petit Chef of which it has already reported Digital AV Magazine and which has achieved five million views on YouTube

For this new job, that has allowed them to move from the world of food to the world of art, a PT-VZ570 projector from Panasonic, in combination with a special mirror of Dynamic Projection Institute Mounted in front of the projector lens. Programmable and motorized, The mirror can rotate 270 Degrees, as well as up and down, allowing images to be projected throughout the room.

This projector has been used because it incorporates WUXGA resolution (1929×1200) and the right amount of lumens output for this space and this type of project (4.800). In addition, They considered that the levels of black in projected images are sufficiently close to real black.

Gallery Invasion is screened at Antoon's own gallery in Leuven (Belgium). On walls with pictures, The space is used to showcase his work as an artist. The installation includes a monkey as the protagonist, next to a small miniature character who paints graffiti on the monkey's painting before hurtling around the room with the monkey behind. Jumping from frame to frame, The characters roam the entire space.

The PT-VZ570 projector has a compact size and offers a maintenance-free lifespan of 7.000 hours. The horizontal correction function, vertical and trapezoidal allows for the angled projections essential for the Gallery Invasion project, with the equipment mounted vertically against the wall.

“For us, this is first and foremost a research and development project with which we want to show what this technique allows. In this case, Video is more important to us than the live experience, and our intention is to recreate these types of initiatives on a large scale for a larger audience”, explains Filip Sterckx.

The PT-VZ570's basic daylight function ensures brightness, the clarity and sharpness of the projected images even in the brightly lit areas of the gallery, where artworks are illuminated by spotlights.

“Technically it posed a challenge to me, because I had never worked with a mirror. This project is also an advance with respect to what has been done with mirrors, since until now they had been used to project movements around graphics and video, not for complex animation with characters that need to be in very specific points at very specific times. We have become accustomed to seeing mapping projects projected onto all kinds of objects, but seeing characters moving freely on several walls, ceilings or even floors with a single projector and discreet installation is quite magical”, adds Filip.

Filip used Dynamic Projection Institute's MDC-X media server to program the mirror, in a way that replicates the movement prepared in the animation.

Skullmapping also integrated audio into the story, for which they asked the agency's sound designers Roundhouse create sound effects and distribute sound around the room when the action moves from left to right. Placing speakers on either side of the room, Sound can move through the gallery along with animation to complete the experience.

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