Electric Fields Festival – “The Philosopher Cube”
“The Philosopher Cube” was a project that I was commissioned to do for Ottawa’s 2010 Electric Fields Festival in November. The creative director, Ryan Stec, and Algonquin College Research supervisor James Acres asked that I create a large projection that could be interacted with using cell-phones. After some daydreaming and some early prototypes I arrived at the concept of an Alien Cube floating in front of Ottawa’s Rideau Centre, asking passers-by questions such as “what is love?” or “what is war?”
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A sketch of the original “Philosopher Cube” concept, before I started building it.
An early Philosopher Cube prototype, experimenting with lighting and textures.
Projection mapping prototype, where I tested out how to match the created 3D models with the physical environment.
Early animation test.
