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Bioluminescence @ Griffith Pioneer Park Museum

Bioluminescence was invited to be a part of an event called “A Night at the Museum” at the amazing Griffith Pioneer Park Museum.

We landed at the Griffith Pioneer Park Museum and kicked off with a ripper day building our content for Saturday night. With our task to make the ordinary extraordinary we set about exploring the super extraordinary Pioneer Park with not only an abundance of amazing Riverina bio-diversity but with the added bonus of astounding historical items, buildings and machinery! It wasn't hard to capture unique videos! We edited in the Lumafusion app and made a bunch of clips. Next we learned GoVJ and tested out NDI streaming our GoVJ apps to the laptop and then to the projector. The day ended with a quick projector test on Myall Park Hall and the old Griffith Hospital buildings.

Whoa! What an awesome second day! Started by sampling sounds from around the museum including the sound of typewriters for our audio soundscapes and then it was straight into learning about projectors, the projection mapping process and having a go using HeavyM to map corners of the workshop space. Then it was setting up outside, talking safety, securing leads and trip hazards before getting stuck into projection mapping the two buildings. There was also time to have some practice with the @eye_candy_portals Beyard before the rain started and we had to pack up. But we are ready for the show!

That was just the best!! We are always in awe of the way young people jump in with both feet and step up when given the opportunity! These amazing eight young people absolutely smashed it and put on a show that had the audience engaged and enthralled with wonderful moments of participation when the audience became a part of the immersive audiovisual environment this crew built. Bioluminescence is always placed based and site specific and to see the @griffithpioneerparkmuseum transformed by these young creatives was a privilege! The photos and video gives you an idea of the energy and fun had tonight! Thanks to @eye_candy_portals and the other four artists who lit up other areas of the park and to Jason @bassling Richardson who invited us to Griffith along with the support of @westernriverinaarts. Bioluminescence is supported by the NSW Government through @creatensw