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DIGITAL GRAFFITI PROJECTIONS 2017Matt Van Rys

Projection Mapping

MATT VAN RYS u DIGITAL GRAFFITI 2017 PROJECTIONS u PROJECTION MAPPING

About the Festival

Digital Graffiti is an annual projection mapping festival held in Alys Beach Florida featuring the work of international

moving media artists. The 2017 festival featured the work of SCAD students projecting on the four butteries structures

of Alys Beach, a pair located at each end of the main highway leading into town.

From the Digital Graffiti Website:

Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach is a one-of-a-kind projection art festival where artists use the latest digital technologies

to project their original works onto the iconic white walls of Alys Beach.

Sometimes referred to as “Photon Bombing,” “Guerilla Projection” or “Urban Projection,” underground artists around

the globe have been using the latest design, animation and projection technologies for many years to cast dynamic

images onto skyscrapers and other urban structures as a means of artistic expression. Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach is

a festival geared towards bringing these artists together in one place to celebrate and showcase their unique talents.

Each year, the festival attracts digital artists, filmmakers, musicians, interactive designers, photographers, VJs,

producers, celebrities, agency executives and fans of art, technology and architecture.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL


WRITTEN TREATMENT

Digital Graffiti 2017 Projections

These are a selection of pieces I created for the 2017 Digital Graffiti projection art festival, held annually in Alys Beach

Florida. Each piece explores an array of social and cultural issues for the time and additional details can be found with

each style board.

Each projection is exhibited on a buttery structure outside of the festival. There are four butteries, two at each end of

the main highway into the town. During the day they are stark white, making for an ideal canvas for projection. These

projections additionally explore the structure with special attention paid to the arched opening and the segmented,

pyramid portion of the structure.


AT THE FESTIVAL


AUDIENCE REACTION


BRAIN WAVES

Brain Waves

A personification of thought patterns deteriorating over time; induced perhaps by age, fatigue, or consumption of substances.


DISORDERED SURVEILLANCE

Disordered Surveillance

Using eyes of various sizes, this piece explores the ubiquitous nature of surveillance and the inherit disarray of its access and

organization within corporate and governing structures.


DLP

DLP

Using a collection of footage captured shooting a DLP projector, this piece explores the segmented nature of the Buttery

structure and treats it much like a rave. I admit to having some concerns about distracting or endangering drivers

passing by.


FINGER PAINT

Finger Paint

This projection explores the texture of direct film manipulation. Original piece was created using acrylic paint applied directly

by hand to clear 16mm film and then photographed and re-timed for this purpose.


MOSAIC

Mosaic

Blocks of color explores the rudimentary building units of digital imagery, distorting the viewer’s relationship with the

computer generated image and the Buttery structure itself.


POETIC TERRORISM

Poetic Terrorism

Appearing to be an exploration of the treatment of digital images using manipulation of the machine glitches, it is additionally

a critique of the relationship between the viewer and the machine itself through a simulation of a failure of the projection

mapping software itself.


PSYCHEDELIC

Psychedelic

An exploration of digital images manipulated with glitch and editing techniques. Footage includes macro of LED screens

and feedback. A collaboration with Wesley T. Nelson.


SCRATCH

Scratch

An exploration of surface, this piece exposes the underlying structure of the Buttery while enjoying the textures of direct

film manipulation. A collaboration with the amazing Amy Wallace.


SYNAPSIS

Synapsis

A psychedelic interpretation of brain activity which additionally explores the structure of the Buttery and the underlying

power of editing and timing sequences of images.

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