A new way of presenting sound, light and video is coming to Penrith as part of the No Boundaries project.
Our Penrith trainees are learning how to transform public spaces using mobile projectors, powered by Century Yuasa Batteries. Taking the show beyond one wall and into the public space, offers up forms of theatre and spectacle that will surprise a completely new audience!
We are not announcing our public forays, you’ll need to be lucky and be out and about… but here’s a hint: we’re going to be hitting the main streets of Penrith on Thursday nights.
INFO FOR OUR MOBILE AV TRAINEES
In this training you will be learning how to use mobile projection, batteries, inverters, and how to expand cinema into mobile, exciting, transformative experiences in outdoor spaces. The techniques are straightforward and combine AV techniques with the systems used in mobile gophers or camping power systems… to create a new form of theatre.
Below are the important dates for meetings and training sessions. If you have particular needs, or need to change groups for any reason, please let us know.
We are looking for audiovisual assistants to work with us on the No Boundaries and future projects.
Training will be provided and lead to future casual work with illuminart, to assist us to transform public spaces with live, interactive and mobile media art.
These positions are ideal for students of professional photography and film making and we are especially inviting students of Digital Photography at Western Sydney Institute (TAFE NSW) to work with us on this project. If you are interested see below for how to register.
What the training involves:
- Using mobile projection units (created by illuminart, to take video projection to the streets and project onto public sites)
- Setting up and running interactive media art being projected using the units
- Providing technical support to people interacting with the media art
- Developing skills in relating to audiences of mixed ability
- Presenting your own artwork, photography and media using projection systems and mobile AV
The dates and times involved:
About 6 hours hands on tuition in the Penrith area over 2-3 sessions, then a supported number of “practise sessions” followed by 2-4 final event sessions. These would occur during August and September.
Training period and practise will be arranged in small sessions from now until end of August. These will be on Tuesday evenings, or Thursday mornings, or other times by arrangement.
The Show period involves trainees working evenings of at least two of the following support / rehearsal dates: 17,18,19,20,23 September, and at least one of the following Show dates: 21,22 September. There may be other casual opportunities.
Up to 12 places are offered. The training is free of charge and gives you skills and practise to work with mobile projection, and once you have demonstrated your competence with the technology and achieved a set number of practise sessions, you will be offered an hourly rate to work with us as mobile projection crew.
To let us know you are interested please send us an expression of interest to info (at) noboundariesproject.info with the following info:
- Your name, contact details and address
- What your current studies involve
- Your skills / interests in working with us
- Transport options, and any special needs you have
- Your time availability (particularly for our show dates)
If you have any questions feel free to send us an email, or contact us via any of the methods on the contact us page!
Here are some answers that might be useful:
What is No Boundaries? It is a large scale community arts project involving residents of Penrith in creating and presenting media art, with a big focus on including local people with disability to be involved in the process as creatives, makers, professionals and participants.
What is the No Boundaries mini-project and event? The mini-projects are small scale public events where we get to do small scale practise sessions, or mini-showings, in the Penrith area. The event is the peak public showing of the project, scheduled for the 21st and 22nd of September. There are daytime and nighttime components to this exciting event.
What is mobile projection? This is a form of audiovisual presentation that involves projector and equipment being able to be moved whilst operating, and being self powered (not connected to any power point). Therefore the equipment can be moved to different locations while it is being operated, projecting on to walls, trees, surfaces, people etc and illuminating public environments.
What is interactive media? It is a form of media art, such as projection, that has some method by which people can change the image or sound through their input… in our case we will be using kinect and drums and other forms of input.