Projection Mapping

Jan 22

According to Staff (2016) Contemporary projection mapping can be understood as a subset within the expansive realm of new media art. Its emergence is rooted in the hybridization of moving images across cinema, video, and installation-based practices. As a medium, projection mapping blends traditional forms of visual storytelling with modern technologies, enabling artists to create immersive and dynamic experiences that challenge the boundaries of space and perception.

Projection mapping has found a place in galleries and contemporary art installations, where it is often reduced to light, pattern, and tonal shades of color. In these settings, projections reveal the surface quality of forms in space, directing the viewer’s gaze to certain elements while leaving others in shadow. This quality of projection art draws it closer to the spatial practices of sculpture and architecture, rather than the pictorial tradition of painting. Despite its reliance on a two-dimensional surface, projection mapping's ability to manipulate three-dimensional spaces positions it as a medium that can temporarily transform the environment without physically altering the space itself. By superimposing images onto surfaces, projection mapping creates optical illusions that play with the viewer’s perception of depth and form (Staff, 2016).

Reference:

Staff, R. (2016). Contemporary Projection Mapping. Multimedia and Society.

Kevin Roque

Utilizing a collage approach in drawing, Kevin Roque offers enigmatic works that touch on societal issues and literary perspectives. Roque graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2022. Before this, he was a self-taught artist, creating illustrations and book covers for locally published books. Roque has participated in various group exhibitions in Metro Manila since 2010 and has had solo exhibitions at the Prism Gallery and the Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS) Gallery. He also joined local artist residencies such as CANVAS Artist in Residence in Batangas and Linangan Art Residency in Cavite. Recently, he got shortlisted for the first SANAG UP Art Prize. Roque has been a member of several artist groups, including the UGATlahi Artist Collective, Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (InK), and the Malate Literary Folio.

As a skilled worker who values technical skill and craftsmanship, he uses graphite in drawing to capture the gritty details and nuances of his subjects, making it a powerful storytelling tool to illustrate issues such as inequality, labor conditions, or societal injustices. In his compositions, he seemingly blurs notions of reality and perception. This deliberate blurring of boundaries adds layers of depth and intrigue, inviting viewers to contemplate their fluidity and subjectivity. He also employs visual metaphors, where images stand in for larger ideas or narratives. This allows him to convey complex themes or stories in a condensed and evocative manner.

“In all his works, the referents, whose meanings are culled from history, literature, and present social conditions, are made to exist in the same pictorial plane. Often, what they signify, coincide, collude, and blur. Roque’s inchoate marks and textures also draw attention to a palpable sense of space. Instead of a tabula rasa, one discerns faint and obscure stirrings between and amid more established significations. Roque’s works reveal indications of progressive politics yet veer from direct fervor and incitement of emotions. Without discarding the seriousness of the topic, Roque employs more oblique methods that prod at the surfaces and forms of the nation’s socio-historical and political issues“ (JC Rosette).

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