Eric Paré and Timecode Lab have created another radical 360º light painting photography project. Here is what Eric says about the project and how it came to be:
Timecode Lab hired me 18 months ago to build the 360 degree rig. We did a lot of corporate events for a year, and then I got really passionned about it, and I started doing studio stuff… mostly experimentations. We invited Patrick Rochon because he is the king, and he’s from Montreal too. That was a revelation for me. He his so intense in his work. He inspired me a lot.
We did the 24×360 project, Timecode Lab did that awesome video, got great international coverage…. and all that time, I had stop motion in mind. My early demos dates from october 2012 (will be presented in the bts to be released on may 29th)
I invited a couple of contemporary dancers, and we started LightSpin Project. In late february. Everything went really fast, we had to rush the project to release the video for today, the International Dance Day….
LightSpin is an experimental photography and art project that finds its source in a unique lightpainting technique. For this project, ten performers improvised contemporary dance movements at the center of a ring on which 24 cameras were mounted. Their brief dances were carried out in pitch darkness, light being aimed at the subjects as to reveal their shapes and movements, thus capturing their passage in a defined space. Pushing the exploration even further, the final result of this project becomes a fully animated, 360-degree representation of movements! Viewed and shared on the Web, the LightSpin project is launched as a world premiere in honor of the International Dance Day.
