Daniel Harris

Jamie Cullum tour graphics

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In brief

Client

Jamie Cullum through Yeast Productions

Role

Interactive video artist

Year

2006

The detail

Several linear and interactive animations were commissioned by Yeast Productions for use during Jamie Cullum's 'Catching Tales' tour, which runs from October 2005 to March 2006. The animation that accompanied the track "My Yard" featured butterflies that would create the illusionary spectacle of a magic garden. "Mindtrick" featured musical instruments treated in impossible ways in a variety of locations.

One of the interactive elements of the show included a graphic forest that would grow if Jamie was serenading it. If there were no serenade, the forest would start to recede...

The project uses the imagery input of the inhabitants
of Stratford Circus, London, to populate a kaleidoscope, rendered onto the outdoor screen. Participants are able to Bluetooth their photographs to the system, which adds a masked version of the photograph to the animated kaleidoscope image.

To assist with this process, a wall inside the building contains a painting of the mask - an outline of a breakdancing position. Crosshairs above the outline help participants to line up the images of their friends in the viewfinder, guaranteeing them a place within the kaleidoscope.