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Immersive Surfaces / documentation by Vadim Schäffler / 2011 Immersive Surfaces Curated by: Leo Kuelbs as part of “Dumbo Arts Festival”, New York September 23rd-25th, 2011 SITES: DUMBO, Brooklyn, NYC The Triangle at Pearl and Front St. Jay and Water St. Front and Adams St. “As Above, So Below,” a new art and media collaboration covering 25,000+ continuous sq. ft of the Manhattan Bridge Archway and Anchorage by: Simon Anaya Farkas Fülöp Richard Jochum Johnny Moreno John Ensor Parker Ryan Uzilevsky Video Art by: Devon Elise Atkins Seline Baumgartner Jubal Brown Thomas Draschan eike Tomas Eller Walter Eul Noah Klersfeld Thomas Lüer Adam Nankervis Vadim Schaeffler Christine Schulz Elisabeth Smolarz Sara Sun Eszter Szabó Joao Vasco Paiva Sarah Walko and Malado Baldwin Amelie Zadeh “Immersive Surfaces” is a publicly presented video projection installation onto the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn during the Dumbo Arts Festival from September 23 - 25, 2011. The multi-part video projection, created by nearly 20 international artists and curators, will cover over 30,000 sq. feet of the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Archway and the surrounding cityscape, through the use of cutting-edge video mapping technology. Technical innovation has continually affected the arts, driving the ultimate development of large-scale participation. “Immersive Surfaces” will use the idea of “the crowd”, i.e. the connection between individuals and the greater group, as a main topic, while also examining notions of projected depth and the meaning of surface. Find more information at: immersivesurfaces.com. By displaying multiple types of projections, “Immersive Surfaces” demonstrates how video art can achieve different goals depending on the scope and scale of its display. The video projection will showcase 3 parts. The first part works with more traditional video art and presentation techniques, slowly progressing to utilize the entire anchorage and archway. This will be achieved by contributions from over a dozen artists from Europe, Asia, Canada and the U.S. The individual pieces have been created either recently or specifically for “Immersive Surfaces” and will adorn the enormous wall space in small units like a virtual gallery. The various sites will be connected by a background that contextualizes the entire canvas: an “Op Art” surface, which becomes animated in the second part of the installation, until it fairly bursts into the “As Above, So Below,” the third section of “Immersive Surfaces.” By connecting the interior Archway space with the Manhattan Bridge’s massive Anchorage, “As Above, So Below,” works as one of the largest single projection canvases ever presented. Various aspects of human creativity constitute a universe in which various figures exist, explore, and interact with each other. The projection reflects the reorganization of communities into both, individuals and crowds. The philosophical question behind addresses an experience that reflects our daily conduct: What is it that makes us connect? The project is at the center of the Dumbo Arts Festival and has been organized by video curator Leo Kuelbs in conjunction with a team of artists and SenovvA Inc., a leader in cutting-edge projection technology in the U.S. The large-scale, third element “As Above, So Below,” was created by Simon Anaya, Farkas Fülöp, Richard Jochum, John Moreno, John Ensor Parker, and Ryan Uzilevsky. Multimedia design firms Light Harvest Studio, Anaya Visual FX and Resident Creative Studio assisted in content production. The project will be accompanied by a mobile augmented reality component created by Elysium Media. A QR code will be posted around the site, and in the guides, with instructions to download the Layar app to viewer’s smartphones. Throughout the festival people will be encouraged to tweet images with the hashtag: #dumboarts. Tweeted images will float through the atmosphere and around the installation, as self-referential surfaces of their own. More information about the project can be found at immersivesurfaces.com Sponsored by: SenovVa Leo Kuelbs Collection Light Harvest Studio Resident Creative Studio Anaya Visual FX Elysium Media NYC DOT Dumbo Arts Festival Credits for: “As Above, So Below” as part of “Immersive Surfaces” Visual Effects Team: Sina Taherkhani – VFX Creative Direction
 Farkas Fülöp – Visual Effects Supervisor
 Simon Anaya – Video Mapping Specialist
 Ryan Uzilevsky – VFX Producer
 John Ensor Parker – 3D Environment Architect
 James Laudicina Jr – VFX Production Manager Isaiah Palmer – 3D VFX Artist
 Kevin Bleich – 3D Programmer
 Luis Valdes – VFX Artist
 Paul Imperio – VFX Artist
 Cory John Stoffa – VFX Artist
 Filip Radonjic – VFX Artist
 Paul Daniel – VFX Artist Adam VanDine – VFX Artist J.k. Carrington – VFX Artist Aerialists / Movement Performers: Malado Baldwin – Movement Kae Burke – Aerialist Darnell Celius – Movement Sarah Lisette Chiesa – Movement Iara Celest Diaz – Movement Nahdi Gibson-Zelaya – Movement David James – Aerialist Jesse Lenat – Movement Erinina Marie Ness – Aerialist Max Pollak – Movement Anya Sapoznihkova – Aerialist Rachael Shane – Movement Julianna Takacs – Aerialist Tyler Visar Shaqiri – Aerialist Despina Sophia Stamos – Movement Sarah Walko – Movement Crew: Kevin Bleich – 3D Scanning – Web Developer Chris Studley – Lighting Designer / Set Carpenter Buddy Raymond – Rigger / Set Carpenter Anya Sapozhnikova – Stunt Consultant Marion Talan – Costume Designer Dana Fairbairn – Script Supervisor Darnell Celius – Production Assistant Special Thanks: The House of Yes The Juilliard School Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts Columbia University Kevin Carlisle Katy Hamer Amelie Zadeh J. Peter Siriprakorn Andrew EsterlyCast: Vadim Schaeffler, leo kuelbs and Christine SchulzeTags: Immersive Surfaces, Leo Kuelbs, New York, DUMBO, Dumbo Arts Festival, Video Art, documentation, Vadim Schaeffler, Thomas Lüer, Christine Schulz, Brooklyn, Manhattan Bridge, Adam Nankervis, Eszter Szabó, Seline Baumgartner, Elisabeth Smolarz, DSLR, Canon 7d, videoinstallation and 2011