Nanuk
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Nanuk Head Space Productions Eric Wichman & Harley Valentine
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NanukHead Space Productions
Eric Wichman & Harley Valentine
Summary
Combining reactive visuals based on sound input, and a thematic surface environment for displaying these visuals, we intend to highlight the relationship between individual and environment.
Using the Canadian arctic frontier as a frame of reference, we hope to illustrate the importance of a rediscovery with nature through artistic and technological platforms.
Nomenclature
The Inuit name for the Polar Bear is "Nanuk", meaning "an animal worthy of great respect."
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Inuit_word_for_polar_bear
Project Components
Sight: a surfaced-mapped, sound-responsive video projection.Sound: audience-generated sound inputs (voice, cellphone, etc.) initiate visual effects via a microphone.Surface: a cubist design sculpture based on the image of a Polar Bear.
Sight
Sight
Video references to the Northern Canadian vistas; time-lapse macro vistas of the tundra, aurora borealis, midnight skies.
Projection mapped to a three dimensional surface.
Employing an industrial projector (10,000 lumens), A/V matrix, VJ software.
ProjectionApplication
Surface MappingApplication
Sound
Sound
Explores individual reactions to time-lapse video of northern Canadian landscapes.Audience-generated sounds, captured by microphones, trigger projected visual effects.Employes two microphones, mixer, external sound card, laptop, VJ software.
Layout
Microphone
20ft
Exhibit boundary
Sculpture
Projector
A/V Controls
Total Site Requirements: 30’ x 20’
Surface
Surface
The cubist design of the sculpture is based directly off the image of a Polar Bear. Abstracting this image and working with deduction of design we arrive at a multi faceted sculpture, creating a symphony of flat surfaces and hard edges. This abstracted surface will then be animated by the mean of projecting mapping.
The sculpture materiality will be constructed out of MDF board and painted to matte finish white. Dimensions of the work will be approximately 6ft tall by 9.5ft wide.
Consolidated
The act of projecting mapping will see the surface of the sculpture bombarded with video/graphics/ text relating to the fragile environment theses colossal mammals call home. With ethos to environmentalism.
References
Budget
Project Component Item Inbound Cost Outbound Cost
Sight Industrial Projector (rental) $350.00 $350.00
Laptop $1800.00 --
Power Supply $46.9946.99
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Support Stands $157.00
57.00
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Sound SM58 Microphones $110.00 --
Firewire 410 Sound Card $399.00 --
XLR Cables $24.99 --
Surface 150 sq/ft MDF fibre board $85.29 $85.29
White Matte paint $25.99 $25.99
Screws & fasteners $5.69 $5.69
Software VDMX5 $349.00 --
Mad Mapper $468.8746.99
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Insurance $1500.00 $1500.00
Total $5348.81 $1940.48
Curriculum Vitae
Harley Valentine
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 Mirrored Finish, Neubacher Shor Contemporary, "Scotia Bank Feature Exhibition" CONTACT Festival 2011WITH LOVE FROM CAMERA XO, Philip Starck Yo Building, Toronto, On Deconstructed Beauty & New Sculptures, AKA Space, Toronto, On 2010 BIRTH OF THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM, One 800 Gallery, Toronto, On CHERISHED IDENTITIES, Akasha Art Projects, Toronto, OnTHE PARISIAN MIRRORED GATEWAYS-release 1-4, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, On 2009 THE DREAM BALLET & THE PETITE BOURGEOIS, Alison Milne Gallery, Toronto, On CANADIAN PAST TIMES & DESTRUCTIVE PATHS, Alison Milne Gallery, Toronto, On TORONTO FIRE 1904-Kaleidoscopic Conflagrations, The Spoke Club, Toronto, On
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Contact Photography Festival, FIGURE & GROUND, Alison Milne Gallery, Toronto, On 2010 THE SHAPE OF THINGS, One 800 Gallery, Toronto, On Contact Photography Festival, THE PERVASIVE INFLUENCE, One 800 Gallery, Toronto, On FIRST TIME-GEORGE WHITESIDE/HARLEY VALENTINE, One 800 Gallery, Toronto, On 2009 HARLEY VALENTINE vs. BRUNO BILLIO, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, On
Curriculum Vitae
Eric Wichman
2010-2012HEAD SPACE PRODUCTIONS - Digital TechnologistDigital audio and visual media production, interactive media programming, 2D and 3D animation and web design.
2011-2012MTHIRTY COMMUNICATIONS INC. - Project Manager, DigitalProject management, digital media design and web development for advertisements.
2007-2009SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CANADA, INC. - Digital Marketing RepresentativeDigital media production, media distribution, CMS and marketing database design and management.
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