April 17th, 2010

When:
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Morehead Planetarium
250 EAST FRANKLIN ST
Chapel Hill, NC

April 17th, 2010 2-3pm

Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, NC
free admission

Please join me for the screening of my recent project in Dome based projection on April 17th at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

This abstract and textural work will be presented on the Morehead Planetarium's Glaxo Smith Cline theater's 60 ft diameter dome screen. Using imagery akin to 60's liquid techniques developed for psychedelic light shows the 13 minute 45 second short turns the surface of the dome into a variety of motion textures at times violent, energetic or calming. Shown on an incredibly immersive full dome video system the work plays with and alludes to a visceral and magical journey heightened by the original sound score of Thom Canova. This work will screen from 2-3pm

Shown before each regularly scheduled planetarium show throughout the day (10:30am-2pm) will be a short 2 minute 30 second work pulled from the longer version which includes a sound score by Benjamin Dauer.


The Morehead's planetarium a gift to the state of North Carolina by John Motley Morehead III first opened in 1949 (the 6th in the United States).
Originally housing a a Zeiss II star projector and years later updated to a Zeiss model VI star projector the planetarium a former astronaut training facility was recently outfitted with a 16 million pixel projection system (4k x 4k) allowing for an infinite variety of content to be presented on the dome.

Special thanks to the Morehead's production team: Jim Kachelries, Peter Althoff, and Jay Heinz.

David Colagiovanni currently teaches Video and Electronic Media at UNC-Chapel Hill and is a Fellow at the Morehead Planetarium. He was awarded his MFA at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2005 and received his Bachelors of studio art from the University of Maine-Orono in 2002. His work has been exhibited internationally.

For more information:
Web: http://www.colagiovanni.net

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• full dome
• liquid light show
• planetarium