Scaling down the big ideas

So things are on track at the moment, I have obtained the x-ray light boxes and have started to test print on adhesive backed transparency which will then be stuck on 3mm acrylic. I put out a proposal for funding which had its closure date on the 12th October, and I managed to gain enough sponsorship to cover all my costs. The price of the acrylic is higher than what I set aside for the initial PVC clear film, though I have been able to save costs in other areas (donation of light boxes from the hospital etc).

Things to do now:

-Print final images

-Attach to acrylic backing

-Plan and do scale model of wall to embed work in

-Source material to build wall and helpers who know how to use hammers

-Safety check all electronics

-Consider soundtrack?

scale plan of four light boxes and layout

Measurements of back wall of site space. The green indicates the wall I will construct to house the light boxes and images on acrylic. It frames the image, overlapping the edges slightly.

Plan B Projection into mist test

Projected my moving Odessa sequence into an area filled with 'fog' (using a glucose smoke machine) with a data projector set at ceiling height onto a large screen. The definition of the image was lost in the fog, though the colours and movement made for an interesting, immersive environment, but not in way i wanted; instead of being immersed in the scene, the viewer is only immersed in coloured light. I imagine that to achieve the definition of the image I would need to project onto a flat surface such as a water screen-more of an ourdoor big project but definitely something to work towards in future. for now the lightbox is taking priority and I'm trialing various printing options on transparency.

Light Box in SSSPACE

digitally rendered image of installation in Site space

Planning and presentation options- Lightbox

With two potential final works on the go right now it is all about seeing what is going to work and what isn't. When I initially chose this SITE space(painting studio) I had in mind an idea for a large lightbox in a pitch black room. The plan is for 4 x-ray boxes which will each be covered by a segment of the larger Odessa scene. The image will be layered up, the whole work being comprised of 5 or more layers on transparency. The transparency is available in a size large enough to cover each lightbox.


Proposed idea 4 x (500mm by 1470mm) lightboxes with transparency



Random lightbox ideas


The projection into a misted area is still a possibility, though perhaps a bit too big for my prescribed space. So maybe I will have to think outside the box.

My Odessa- short film

Step 2 Odessa from Emily Hlavac-Green on Vimeo.

SITE space measurements

Lenticular Odessa

Looped animation of 3 frames from my Odessa Steps sequence, inspired by Three frames - which loops 3 sequential frames from a movie, thanks Rachel

Back to the Box

As a continuation of my layered light box (below left), over the past month or so I have been very interested in the idea of creating a three-dimensional space which will engage the viewer, making them feel as though they are actually in the image. I feel pictures on a wall are not enough right now, in a world where technology is advancing towards multi-dimensional viewing. Viewing, in this sense, can become an experience. This in turn also places emphasis on time and space.
After researching, and exploring stereoscopic photography, I have come to the conclusion that this is a new path altogether which I will engage with in the near future.
For now though, I will continue to work with my lightbox + layered transparencies to create a work for the end of the year which is thoroughly realised.
In relation to this I am also considering the projection of a moving image sequence onto a temporal surface, such as mist, dust, fog etc, in order to highlight the illusional characteristic of the cinema, and create an environment which viewers will freely move through.

If a billboard falls in a forest, who will hear it?

Okay, so I haven't posted in a while, and I think I should explain what I've been up to. Among other submissions and jobs on the side, I have been working on a photography proposal to the Connells Bay sculpture park on Waiheke island for a work in collaboration with Alex Lovell-Smith. The chosen artist(s) will have their work installed on a huge billboard in the middle of the sculpture park. Our idea is to address the concept of viral advertising and the consumption of natural resources. We will create ‘foot traffic’ through a forest.


working image by Emily Hlavac-Green and Alex Lovell-Smith

The final work will be composed of multiple layers. Here is a short moving image of the layers, you can see time passing as the sunlight moves across the trees...

Cityscapes from Emily Hlavac-Green on Vimeo.

Lenticular animation to give illusion of 3D space

I did it! I made an animated gif aka 'wiggle'!
This is created from a series of 10 images I took of a little still life, using a parallel camera set up, in which the objects sit in the zero disparity plane (the point of vergence for the camera angles) the alternative to this is toed-in verging, in which the cameras are angled to reach a common point at the centre of the object.
In a way its kind of a reverse panoramic. Rather than the image spanning 360 degrees and 'moving' around you as the viewer (or camera), you appear to move around the subject. This is also a common camera movement in cinema- having the camera pan and spin around a subject, or, as revolutionized by the Matrix, use of multiple cameras to capture a single fragment of time (a guy jumping,suspended in space) from different angles, so we can then pan all around a single moment.
Anyway, this is just a small test to examine the way we can use still imagery to give the illusion of 3D space.

Here is another wiggle I made from the two corresponding images from a Viewmaster, after scanning the disc transparencies.