Lairs of Self in Everyday Life
Friday, October 17, 2014, 6pm-10pm
Pricing:
Online Special (Until 10/16/14): $20
Door: $25
Students (ID Required at Door): $10
Venue:
Crane Arts Ice Box
1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia PA 19122
Website: http://lairsofself.com
Hashtag: #lairsofself
DesignPhiladelphia Festival proudly presents, Lairs of Self in Everyday Life, the official closing installation to be held on October 17, 2014, 6-10pm, at the Crane Arts Icebox. Designers Sean Martorana and Dejha Ti invite you into their immersive installation, in an imaginative integration of projection mapping, filmed design experiments, and interactive elements. 360 degree video projections wrap onto the colossal walls of the 5,000 square foot Icebox, and appear precisely onto a 12 foot, 1 ton sculpture.
In this multidisciplinary display, Lairs of Self invites attendees to experience the designers’ exploration of the variety of masks we wear for every social occasion—shyness around strangers, vulnerability with your brother, closed-off in group gatherings, immediate openness with men, paranoia with women. The installation examines daily morphing masks, and asks Why? and Where does this mask come from? “ It’s intriguing to consider how we act or refrain to maintain an image of ourselves to another person. The image I wear with my lover contrasts with what I’ll wear with my coworker or complete strangers.”
Spanning industries, a team of 20+ designers, animators, video mappers, programmers, industrial designers, fabricators, writers, musicians and a dancer elegantly converge to create a singular experience. Upon arriving, attendees peer through a mask to an iPad, and are encouraged to answer “What are you wearing?”. The interactive interface guides attendees through steps allowing them to become a part of the installation.
Attendees continue to interact via their mobile devices by directly influencing the projections and simultaneously sharing their contributions to Twitter. The massive sculpture, fabricated from DuPont’s white Corian®, and 4000 square feet of wall space display high-definition, intricately mapped projections of experimental designs and animations reflecting Adam Teterus’ narrative interpretation of the designers’ variety of masks. The sensory experience is completed by installation specific music produced and composed by internationally renowned musician Tim Motzer.
Credits:
ART DIRECTION & DESIGN: Sean Martorana & Dejha Ti
WORDS: Adam Teterus
INTERACTIVE DEVELOPMENT: Jarvus Innovations
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN: Tim Motzer, 1k Recordings
VOCALS: Kyra Garèy
SCULPTURE DESIGN: Sean Martorana & Dejha Ti
SCULPTURE MATERIALS & FABRICATION: DuPont™ Corian® solid surfaces, C.H. Briggs and McGrory Inc.
MAPPING & VIDEO SYSTEMS: BRDG Studios and Dejha Ti
2D & 3D ANIMATION: Kipp Jarden, Joe Seifert and Dejha Ti
BODY MOVEMENT: Leanne Greiger
AV EQUIPMENT: Advanced Staging, Crane Arts & BRDG Studios
KIOSK FABRICATION: NextFab
SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT: Weblinc