Projection Mapping and Live Media Control with Resolume Arena
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Participants in this workshop will be guided through the process of Projection mapping, which will enable them to precisely map two-dimensional images onto three-dimensional spaces, surfaces, and objects. There will be an emphasis on investigating the potentials of the screen, as a self-aware space through the physical embodiment of images by various constructions. Applications for this process include the design of live video systems for VJ’s, theater, dance, music, architecture, and installation. In addition to projection mapping, this workshop will cover basic midi-controlled video, audio-reactive video, and other live video programming tools within Resolume Arena.
Experience using Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere is recommended.
Temporary licenses for Resolume Arena will be provided. Laptops are encouraged, but we will have limited computers available for in-workshop use.
Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum’s ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at maria@nwfilmforum.org. Our phone number (206-329-2629) is voicemail-only, but we check it often.
Made possible due to a grant from Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with Sensory Access, our Sensory Access document presents a visual and descriptive walk-through of the NWFF space. View it in advance of attending an in-person event at bit.ly/nwffsocialnarrativepdf, in order to prepare yourself for the experience.
NWFF patrons will be strongly encouraged to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Recent variants of COVID-19 readily infect and spread between individuals regardless of vaccination status.
Read more about NWFF’s policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here.
Max Zara Bernstein
Max Zara Bernstein (they/she) is a Seattle-based artist, designer, filmmaker, musician, composer, and interpretive diver. They received a BA in Media Study with a concentration in Film and Video Production, from the University at Buffalo. They also received an MFA in Film Production and Studio Art from the University of Colorado Boulder. They have designed, performed and toured as a video and sound artist with the media-heavy theater company The Wooster Group, and as a video and sound artist filmmaker, and performer with Michelle Ellsworth, Laurie Anderson, Annie Dorsen, Kaki King, Cindy Kleine, Aynsley Vandenbroucke, Sam Kim, Morgan Gould, Becca Blackwell, and James Allister Sprang, collectively touring, collaborating, and presenting on 6 of 7 continents. Their research and productions explore intersections of liveness and mediation, exploded cinema, queer futurism, post-human and ecocentric philosophies, the body and the sea. Bernstein is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Film and Emerging Media in the Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University.