Video Dome

Exhibition Details

ORGANISING INSTITUTION
Collaboration between
The Planetarium, Scitech Discovery Centre;
Paul Bourke, Senior Visualisation Research
Fellow at Western Australian Supercomputer
Program, University of Western Australia,
David Carson, new media artist
ARTIST
David Carson, Paul Bourke

CATEGORY
A, B, C
MEDIUM
dvd videos
INSTALLATION

Portable Dome and projection system
6 metres x 6 metres x 3.8 metres (h)
(provided)

COST SHARE
WA tba
Interstate tba

DOCUMENTATION
Poster
Invitations for overprinting
Brochures
Media kit with press release
and digital images

EDUCATION
Education Packages (includes teachers' notes,
brochure, activity sheet)
Didactic panel
Lectures and floor talks upon request

CRATES
1 crate, totalling 1.5 cubic metres

TOUR DURATION
November 2008 - December 2010
Available WA and interstate

ARTIST ON THE MOVE & ARTBUS
Sponsored by Healthway to promote
the message Smarter than Smoking

Detail of David Carson/Thomas Ulich, 'Painted Sky', (2007), Computer generated sequence still 2, 1400 x 1400 res, Work courtesy of artist

Video Dome is an innovative, new media exhibition which will be touring nationally until 2011. Managed by ART ON THE MOVE The National Exhibitions Touring Structure for WA Inc, the tour of Video Dome is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Goverment program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of cultural material across Australia.

The Video Dome exhibition comprises artworks which are collaborations between artists and research scientists referencing astronomical phenomena and contemporary art. Inspired by 'the sublime', the artworks by David Carson and Paul Bourke aim to capture the infinite and indefinable aspects of nature and the universe.

The program features fish-eye projections which play continuously on a 30 minute loop, accompanied by a complimentary soundtrack. The viewer is immersed in a full sensory experience, surrounded with vision and sound, inside a 5 metre inflated dome. This unusual environment is a whole new way of experiencing projected moving images and surround-sound. The exhibition pushes the boundaries of contemporary art into the domain of planetariums and science museums.

David Carson presents two video works made in collaboration with colleagues from his expedition to Lapland capturing 3D footage of the Aurora Borealis. These works, entitled PaintedSKY and Aurora Mixmaster were first shown at Horizon the Planetarium, Scitech, Perth WA as part of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP) in 2007. Paul Bourke's two artworks feature visual representations of the formation of the universe. These can be appreciated both for their aesthetic and scientific value.

This exhibition is both mind-blowing and uplifting. Experiencing the artworks in this environment invites calm meditation on the ambient visual and audio effects whilst encouraging the viewer to ponder the infinite.