THE WORK OF CHARLIE WHITNEY

For Art Basel Miami 2016 Rachel Rossin brought some of her VR works to this big event with an even bigger screen. Rossin’s ambient works filled a 70’ dome while partygoers acclimated to this surreal environment. The evening culminated in an interactive performance by musician ABRA in which Rossin’s visuals took on an an dynamic and performative role.

Using custom software written in Cinder and Unity, Rossin’s face was mapped in real-time and reconstituted into an ethereal avatar which floated around the dome, lip-syncing with ABRA. At the same time some of Rossin’s other VR works played underneath and were dynamically mixed in. The VR works were dynamically spherically mapped and output in a 4k by 4k resolution giving everyone an unreal shared experience in super high resolution.

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Leaf graphics on the inside of a planetarium dome.R&B artist Abra performing in a planetarium dome.Abra with projections partially falling on her.Abra performing in a dome with light blue graphics.Abra performing in a dome with light blue graphics.

RACHEL ROSSIN + ABRA

A Full-On Fulldome

Credits:

Code

Charlie Whitney

Artist

Rachel Rossin

Contributing Animation

The Endless Collective

Production + Event Design

Artsy

Partners

Gucci

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