Multifocal Camera: Final Crit & Documentation

December 19, 2006

I've recently had my final crit of the semester. During the last stages of development, I decided to take a different approach to its presentation and build a panorama as to draw a stronger connection between the physical experience of peripheral vision and the viewer's receptive experience of the work.

The panorama measures about 8 feet in diameter and 3 feet tall. Within the space, I installed two separate tracks of audio, one depicting the realistic first-person perspective, the other the schizophrenic.

Click on the still below to see the video documentation of my presentation:

The screen of the panorama allows both frontal and rear projection. Arranged on the screen space are the three different videos I shot for the project. They are arranged as follow (from right to left):

Schizophrenic First-Person
Third Person (which can be seen from the gap in the panorama, before the viewer enters the immersive space)
Real First-Person

I constructed 3 wooden mounts for the three projectors and suspended the apparati from the ceiling.

Here's a picture of myself, presenting. With lots of hand gestures.

A pdf. documenting the entire process can be downloaded by clicking here.

In addition, I've also designed a Russian Constructivist inspired poster that roughly outlines my grand proposal - the multiple module, open-ended camera device.

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