The photographic and spatial survey method for video projection

Abstract The Photographic and Spatial Survey Method for Video Projection Jeffrey Paul Kurihara, M.F.A. The University of Texas at Austin, 2013 Supervisor: Richard M. Isackes The process and practices that are described in this document were used in several realized video installation projects over the course of 2011-2013. These installations all encompassed the use of Architectural Video Projection Mapping techniques to create transformative animated video projections upon the pre-existing architecture of multiple locations. The process used to achieve this required the integration of multiple practices to obtain and translate specific spatial data to be used in the artistic content creation process. Particular to this method uses a photographic and spatial survey to map the video content accordingly to the architecture of the space. The projects included an installation on a building facade for the Art Alliance Austin’s Holiday Stroll in 2011, another installation on the architecture of an interior wall of a museum space for an event at the Austin Museum of Art in 2013, a site-specific musical theater piece called Almost Invincible in the University of Texas Co-op’s Cohen New Works Festival 2013, and multiple stages of a live music venue named Cheer-up Charlie’s in Austin, Texas form 2011 to 2013.