Seasons: Dome Projection
Planetarium projection footage
Full animation
This project is the result of a special collaboration between SCAD and the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA. As a part of this class, I got to learn the many different methods of dome projection production and had the privilege of seeing my piece projected in the planetarium.
Development
When coming up with a concept for my project, I had to strongly consider both my strengths as an artist as well as the shape and dimensions of the space in which the piece would be shown. With these considerations in mind, I was inspired by vintage animation devices like the Kinetoscope and Zoetrope.
With this style in mind, I chose to create animal walk cycles. And to keep the idea of separate animation discs, I decided to create different walk cycles for different seasons.
From there, I put together a rough animation and tested it at the planetarium to get a better feel of how the project translated into real space.
Test animation
Bonus Content
As an addition to the project, with the help of my professor, I created a physical zoetrope to deepen my understanding of my project's inspiration.
I designed and constructed the functional zoetrope using printed frames of the animal run cycles, mounted on a custom disk engineered to spin on a record player.
The 'animation' effect was achieved through synchronization with a strobe light set to a matching rotational frequency.
