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Project Title Seeds of Change
Project Completed December, 2023
Project Partners Nick Bayer, Eric R. Sourie, Keaton Towns, Pamela Zeljak and Anton Morton
Project Media Powder Coated Aluminum, Laser Projected Motion Graphics, Historical Data, and Technical Components
Overview
Seeds of Change uses a powder coated aluminum architectural feature wall as a canvas for laser projected motion graphics. The base of the installation features a backlit cityscape; envisioned from landmarks and homes throughout East Oklahoma City. A touchscreen allows visitors access to a historical database, offering anyone with a smart device or at the facility, an opportunity to learn more about the history of the people and places featured in the project.
In this project, the commissioner shared their desire for a public artwork that would elevate local cultural heritage, incorporate new technologies and create opportunities for interactivity. In many ways, our project is like a book. You could think of the physical components, like those in the lobby, as a book cover and the digital components as the pages. Using animation and laser projection mapping, Seeds of Change take viewers on a journey of discovery in the historically Black and African American East side communities of Oklahoma City and features over ninety persons and locations from the late 1800’s through today.
The efforts of our team reflect more than 3,000 hours of compassion for and dedication to this project. No aspect of this facility saw a greater return on investment. Each of our team members came from a different background, operates their own independent practice and converged to make an idea into a reality. Under central oversight, our core team of five academic and creative professionals delegated development of illustration, video assets and motion graphics to a team of two and academic research and data coordination to another team of two. All other facets from physical and technical componentry to projection mapping, site sub installs and stakeholder coordination were the responsibility of central oversight. In this collaborative project, we worked with academic and cultural researchers, local citizen historians, two universities and the Oklahoma History Center, investing over 400 hours, to inform academically backed history.
Seeds of Change has been recognized as an Education Resource by historic Langston University, The City of Oklahoma City Public Arts Commission and the Oklahoma History Research Center. The recognition of this project as an Educational Resource has helped to develop collaborative research and academic partnerships wherein contributed histories can be preserved through multiple institutions affording greater access to and preservation of these community legacies.
Video Excerpt of Projection Mapped Animation
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