Immersive Installations

 

Here are some examples of immersive installations I’ve been involved in creating recently. These involve projection on a large scale and creating content to suit various challenges, whether it’s embracing quirky architechture, telling forgotten-about stories, or making a retro Liverpool-inspired pixel-art version of the ‘90s snake game to celebrate Lunar New Year (that one’s quite specific).

Lunar New Year – Year of the Snake

'Legends of Spring'

  Bombed Out Church

Liverpool

This immersive projection-mapped experience was a collaboaration with Focal Studios and Pagoda Chinese Communtiy and Youth Centre, drawing inspiration from 8-bit games and the '90s game 'Snake'. It tells a story of the birth of the cosmos, as celestial pillars are repaired and harmony restored by the goddess Nüwa. It journeys through a vibrant mountain landscape, where ecological balance is unlocked through gameplay, followed by a magnificent transformation as a jade snake becomes a dragon, spiralling through Liverpool's iconic landmarks and joining a festive parade that features lanterns based on 8-bit drawings done in local schools.

  • Graphic Design
  • Animation
  • Concept

Croome – National Trust

'Rapturous Delight'

  Croome Court

Worcester

To mark the 200th anniversary of the 'Hortus Croomensis' – a rare and remarkable record of one of Georgian England's most signficant gardens, I worked with a writer, an illustrator and a sound designer to create this 5-part, 10-minute immersive projection for Croome's Long Gallery.

The installation explores the grounds at Croome, told from the perspective of William Dean, the head gardener for 40 years from 1796; shows the changing seasons through the view from inside the orangery with an original song performed by Chloë Foy; tells a Christmas story about the plants at Croome, educates about the origins of Croome's collection of 6000 species, and crescendos with an exploration of the intricate patterns found all over the walls of the Long Gallery and brings them to life.

  • Animation
  • Graphic Design
  • Concept

The Lowry – 25th Anniversary

'One Lowry, Many Stories'

  The Lowry

Salford

This 25th anniversary celebration experience involved creating content for a custom-built box situated in the Lowry's foyer, projecting onto 3 sides. It celebrates the stories of artists, volunteers, staff, visitors and local residents, featuring the recorded voices and memories of over 40 people from the Salford Digital Archives.

My role involved animating 8 'movements' to accompany this soundscape, including creating 3D cut-out scenes from archive photographs, 3D depth illusions, creating virtual environemnts of the Lowry's three theatre spaces, filming and augmenting drone videography with visual effects, and creating particle systems responding to a model of the Lowry.

  • Animation
  • 3D Depth Illusions
  • 3D Modelling

Osterley – National Trust

'Marigold Festival'

  Osterley House

London

To celebrate Diwali, alongside illuminations and marigold displays, we created this projection-mapped installation on the ceiling of the Great Hall to celebrate the festival of lights. I worked with artist and animator Prashanti Aswani to bring the ceiling to life, augmenting her hand-drawn illustrations with dynamic light effects and 3D particle renders simulating the floating marigold petals across the water, helping capture the feeling of celebration.

  • Animation
  • 3D Particle Systems