{"id":10158,"date":"2020-02-13T15:53:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=10158"},"modified":"2021-03-08T15:48:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:48:20","slug":"transylvania-students-professor-demonstrate-connection-between-projection-mapping-liberal-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/02\/transylvania-students-professor-demonstrate-connection-between-projection-mapping-liberal-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania students, professor demonstrate connection between projection mapping, liberal arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Imagine something as plain as a coffee mug or the side of a building suddenly being illuminated with digital art and media, instantaneously bringing to life these 3D objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transylvania University students and Timothy Polashek, a music professor and director of digital arts and media, are developing a new studio in the school’s DArt Lab<\/a> for this technology \u2014 called projection mapping \u2014 where an image or display is projected onto a “mapped” location that\u2019s part of an object or surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was first introduced to the software and concept of projection mapping through my Interactive Media and Music class taught by Dr. Polashek,\u201d said sophomore John Payne, who helped plan and build the projection mapping studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Polashek said four or five students have been working on the project, experimenting with different mock-ups and trying out the projections around campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This technique will be a primary feature in the upcoming SCAPE exhibition, a senior showcase for graduating studio art and digital arts and media majors from March 3 to April 10 in Transylvania\u2019s Morlan Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides being part of the SCAPE exhibition, projection mapping can be used around campus and be incorporated into an overall liberal arts education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConcerts, school tours and even sporting events all have the potential to harness the creativity that projection mapping allows,\u201d Payne said. \u201cTransylvania could benefit greatly from the unique experience that this technology offers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projection\nmapping combines different mediums \u2014 joining technology and art \u2014 to express a\ncertain artistic freedom. Like the freedom a liberal arts education grants its\nstudents, projection mapping has a versatility that can create opportunities\nfor development within many fields of study, not just digital arts and\nmedia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope to grow my knowledge of projection mapping so that I can not only create my own art, but also help students and the university realize their own artistic visions,\u201d Payne said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n