Vertoscopes
2018

In collaboration w/ Jon Warner
Exhibited Demo @ SEE-ING Exhibition

Vertoscopes investigates the perception of movement and speed, that is strictly possible by reference objects in space. If one were to be isolated without reference objects, movement would be imperceptible. However, we are creating a reverse effect by taking movement and speed, and stretching it, to create an illusion of immobility in real time.

Inspired by the movement and abstraction of space investigated by Italian Futurist, Giacomo Balla, VERTISCOPES, is a head piece that forces the wearer to experience space through the Vertigo Effect, an effect used in filmmaking, by pulling on one’s perspective and isolating one’s senses. An investigation through digital animation and manipulation led to a head piece that also manipulates one’s senses. The head piece was paired with an obstacle course of 10’ long art pieces, created in inspiration of Street Light (1910), during the 2018 SEE-ING Exhibition at UNC Charlotte, to enhance the user’s understanding of perception and perspective through a futuristic mind-set.