Vantage Condensate I (iteration 1, MET), 2018
projection on acrylic
multiple asynchronous loops
24 x 36 x 12 in (61 x 91 x 30 cm)
unique work
TYPE
Mixed reality sculpture
ROLE
Artist
FOR
Studio work
LOCATION
MIT Media Lab
DATE
Spring 2018
SERVICES
AR / XR Design Theory
Conceptual Development
- Creative Research
- ⚗️ Experimental R&D
️ 3D Modeling
Shop Drawings
- Acrylic Fabrication
Systems Design & Spec.
️ Server Assembly & Setup
️ Curation
Content Sourcing
Installation
✨Projection Mapping
️ Video Documentation
Remote Management
Talks
TYPE
Exhibition Prototype
SERIES
Scopes
platform
ABOUT
What does a video collection look like?
For most of us, our collections of treasured video clips are spread across various devices and platforms. Precious and important video clips – whether of loved ones, work, education, or entertainment – are buried in our electronics devices behind grids of app icons and grids of tiny thumbnails that fail to encapsulate the rich content inside each clip.
Are there better ways to display these collections? Could new physical forms of media make the value hidden inside our video collections more apparent?
Vantage Condensate explores these questions as a prototype for displaying collections of 360 degree videos. The prototype fills the representation disconnect between the distorted spherical content of 360 degree videos, and the tradition rectangular preview thumbnail by providing a formal solution – the sphere.
The combination of spherical form and spherically distorted video is wildly effective. A phenomenon similar to the inverted face effect creates the very persistent illusion that moving around the sphere effects the contents of the video, when in reality the visual feedback a viewer experiences when moving around a display sphere is simply a result of seeing different angles of the sphere.
The end result is a widely applicable approach to creating video installations with a spatial presence, well suited for galleries, homes, attractions, corporate spaces, and storefronts.
The original prototype Vantage Condensate I was decommissioned after documentation, however the aesthetic has been used in a number of installations including BRAINWASHER, and HIVE. Commissions based on this work are accepted on a case-by-case basis.
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Vantage Condensate is the third apparatus within the Scopes Series, which also includes Cubic Microscope, and Awescope. The Series explores how innovating upon the standard planar rectangular form of video media can expand and specialize how the content is understood.
