As part of the "Fragmented Art" project, Project F is intended to be viewed as a perpetual projection slide show …. and preferably on large surfaces as are commonly found in spacious museums. Though this sounds great, access to large museum walls can be a frustrating problem!

 

Projection is certainly not possible everywhere. Smaller venues lose the spatial effect that is intended. To enable easy projection at a small location, something new had to be built. Such a new venue had to provide 1) a projection surface, 2) a sturdy mount for a small projector in a museum-like environment, and 3) present the viewer with a larger than life experience of the projected art. Thus, “The Museum” came to be.

 

The first setup provided a foam-board projection surface on a piece of plywood. A small advanced DLP projector was taped down to the board. The whole was placed on a table. The idea worked ….. in the studio! Placing some small figures added a sense of space.

 

The final design here shows a very large museum hall with cutout walls and roof. This allows for viewing of what the spectators in the museum experience. A connecting doorway and the addition of scale model figures deliver the effect of watching an art projection in a very large museum ….

 

The whole project is mounted on a removable table top, about 4 ft above ground. This allows for easy transport, showing, and exchange with other portable constructions.

 

An ICODIS G1 DLP pico projector was used in conjunction with an Apple MBP and Airplay photo slideshow. This projector provides 100 ANSI lumen, at 1080p max, HDMI and WiFi hookup, but does not have keystone correction for skewed projection. The projector was mounted on a ball joint clamp to provide better adjustment.

 

This setup was first used outside the studio, and with great success, at PlateauKunst in August 2018, Bemelen, the Netherlands.