as above, so below for immersive surfaces at the 2011 DUMBO arts festival

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‘as above — so below’ is a video mapping project created by artists john ensor parker, farkas fulop, johnny moreno, simon anaya, richard jochum, and ryan uzilevsky as the focal point of the exhibition ‘immersive surfaces‘, part of this year’s DUMBO arts festival. a group show, ‘immersive surfaces’ invited over 20 international artists and curators to produce projections that span the manhattan bridge anchorage and archway (approximately 30,000 square feet or 2,700 square meters). the exhibition explores the idea of ‘crowd art’ while pushing the boundaries of new cutting-edge video technology.

‘immersive surfaces’ as a whole puts at its focus the connection between individuals and the greater group, displaying multiple types of projections in an investigation of the notion of projected depth and the meaning of surface. the first part exhibits more traditional types of single-channel video art and presentation techniques which slowly progress to take over the entire surface of the anchorage and archway. much like a virtual gallery, individual pieces are projected in small units, connected by their common canvas. this collective projection then becomes animated, until ‘as above, so below’ takes over the three-dimensional site. the video installation incorporates green screen film shoots, kinect 3D scanning, stop-motion animation, computer modeling, and other visual effects in what the artists describe as ‘an exploration through the inner layers of our psyche, and an inquiry of our personal value systems‘.

‘immersive surfaces’ was organized by video curator leo kuelbs, with sponorship by senovva inc.

full video coverage of ‘as above, so below’

trailer for the festival installation