After a Long and Arduous Journey….

House Chimeric has finally done it!

Inspiration Burns Documentary

At long last, enjoy the beautiful sights and sounds of our final project in this documentary!

In other news, House Chimeric members were awarded our programme’s project prize! Horay!

Professor Greg and Professor Ami?

Greg and I were invited back to the University of Edinburgh to put on a guest lecture about our projects and part of our thought processes on doing what we did. Here are some photos of what we showed this year’s Design and Digital Media MSc students!

A Glimpse at Inspiration Burns

Projection mapping animations to fit buildings and unique structures is tough… But we often find that documenting our events is even more difficult. After three events, although we’ve gotten more comfortable with projection mapping and timing, we still have trouble filming and photographing our worlds of light-in-darkness. Nonetheless, here are some photos taken by a visitor during Inspiration Burns. We’ll have the full documentary up soon!

Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere

Another project of House Chimeric took place this summer at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012. Check out what we did to immersively augment Guillermo del Toro’s classic Hellboy in New Media Scotland’s Atmosphere series, by adding atmospheric animation and motion graphics.

Edinburgh International Film Festival : Atmosphere – Hellboy from house:chimeric on Vimeo.

Chartreuse

Did you know that chartreuse is Ana’s favourite colour? It’s also her latest track, listen to it here:

We’re all enjoying the creative freedom that comes from finishing our uni work.

Nod from Edinburgh Museums

Our event got a bit of coverage from the Edinburgh Museum’s and Galleries official page:

House Chimeric designer, Greg Telakis, said: “After the successful debut at the Anatomical Museum, House Chimeric are delighted to return to another historically significant Edinburgh building for our Master’s dissertation. “I’m very excited to have the honour of working at the Burns Monument. It’s such a culturally rich building.”

Read the whole article here: BURNS MONUMENT THROWS OPEN ITS DOORS TO SHOWCASE STUDENT EXHIBITION

Book Pages

For Greg’s book animations, I created an opening and closing illustration for our book o’Robert Burns for each of the poems we covered, and each variation of each sequence. See below for some of them!

ready for the world

Inspiration Burns
31 July & 1 August 2012

In darkness swallow’d, the stories gleams alive – this month at the Burns Monument,
the seeds of inspiration sown by Robert Burns’ lifetime of poetry continue to bloom
forth into the realms of digital creativity.

Inspiration Burns is an audiovisual experience unfolding within the heart of the
historical monument on the hills of Edinburgh, which returns the renowned poet to his
place of homage over one hundred and seventy years after his statue was moved from
the site. Inspired by the works, both written and lyrical, of Scotland’s most beloved
literary hero, the student design group, House Chimeric, have created an alternative
experience in visual art and sonic design that situates uniquely within the confines of
the Burns Monument. Each segment communicates a sense of place through visuals
and sound by immersing the audience into Burns’ works, his life, and his worldly impact.
Animations span computer generated, shadow puppet, painted, and abstract styles and
feature an evolving, multi-stratified and spatially-focused music composition based on
a combination of vocal recordings of traditional Burns songs and pre-programmed
routines.

Inspiration Burns is a short-run installation open for private viewing on July 31 st, and
open to the public for one day only on August 1st.

House Chimeric are three design students based in Scotland, who specialise in projection
mapping, animation, and generative composition using a broad range of contemporary
and traditional techniques. We orchestrate immersive and emotive virtual worlds at the
crossroads of lights, sound, and physical space. Previous installations include works at
Edinburgh University’s Anatomical Museum and an Edinburgh International Film Festival
2012 piece for New Media Scotland’s Atmosphere series. We strive to bring to actuality the
chimerical whims born from our digital life.

Inspiration Burns – approx. 15 minutes
The Burns Monument
Regent Road

Tuesday 31 July, 1pm – 8pm – private viewing
Wednesday 1 August, 1pm – 8pm – public viewing

Admission is free. For further information, please contact housechimeric@gmail.com

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