RESPONDING
Student learning materials and activities for responding to media art
The projected animation is a celebration of First Nations’ spirituality and culture through the songlines of our land and sky. Arts in Motion used photographs of the visual artwork along with digital technology to re-create an animated visual tapestry, which was projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
Lighting The Sails: Songlines
What are songlines?
What type of animation is this?
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Projection Artist – Artists in Motion
Visual Artists - Karla Dickens, Djon Mundine, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi, Reko Rennie, Donny Woolagoodja, and the late Gulumbu Yunupingu.
Curator - Rhoda Roberts
SONGLINES
Songlines provide a map for recording details of the landscape and relationship between the land, sea and the people. The songlines cover law, culture and spirituality to ensure the survival of all living things.
PROJECTION MAPPING ANIMATION
Artists use a range of special 3D Animation Software to create and map images or videos onto a chosen object (usually a building or stage) to create a virtual reality. Videos are usually combined with audio to create an audio-visual narrative.
AUDIENCE
Individuals or groups of people who experience the arts, including the artist.
THEME
a subject
or topic
STORY PRINCIPLES
CHARACTER
A person or other being depicted in the story
SETTING
The time and location of the narrative
INTENT
The motive or purpose of the story
Consider the story principles when watching
Q What is the Theme?
Q What is the arts intent? Is the author trying to tell us something?
Q Who is the audience?
Q Who are the characters? Are they fictional or non-fictional?
Q Where is the setting? Are they familiar, local or imagined environments?
Q How have the artists used composition to tell the story?
Q How is sound used? How does it add to what you see?
How did the art make you feel?
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