Michael Shaw - Neon Aurora

Neon Aurora is an abstract exploration of colour, form, sound and movement which attempts to unify dance, music, animation, sculpture and drawing. It might be better described as an animated sculpture than a film because the illusion of actual space and three dimensional form is so fundamental to it.

Neon Aurora was realised through collaboration with dancer Ian Dolman whose movements describing various sculptural forms were recorded using a motion capture system. These traces of motion were converted into brushstrokes in Maya to progressively map out a series of sculptures in virtual space according to the rhythm and timing of the dancer's movements. Animating the cameras' movements around the forms further enhanced associations with the perambulatory and kinetic nature of experiencing sculpture. Finally, the motion, aesthetic and spatial dynamics of the evolving forms is complemented by a soundscape by Threep.

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