Customised Projection

This is a continuation of the projection work I have previously been experimenting with.

I edited a photograph of shadows by cropping it and then altering the contrast between the image and the background. I then selected the 'Kalidescope' filter, which I then adjusted to create this effect.

After, I printed the image onto clear plastic and then cut it to size, so it fits onto a projector slide.

I then inserted the slide into the oil lamp projector that I had previously used.

These videos are samples of my projection that came as a result.

Although I am pleased with the compositional idea and believe that the quality of the projection could have been of a better standard as when the images where projected they seemed 'pixelated'. This may have been due to taking the software used to edit the image. In the future I hope to improve the quality of this idea by taking the images through a digital camera which will hopefully create a more accurate result. Regardless of this, though, I believe that it was a successful experiment in terms of how it operates.

In terms of the concept, I was attempting to draw inspiration from work by Lazano Hemmer  as well as Boyle and Leonard to suggest 'layers' of illusion.