Course: Projection Mapping, Saturday 8th February 2025

Projection mapping is a method used to turn 3D objects into display surfaces for video projection. This one day intensive workshop will introduce participants to the workflow and practicalities of video projection mapping for digital, sculptural, and installation artworks.

Participants will get a hands-on experience of these techniques and display their own content onto different surfaces using projection mapping software such as VPT8 (VideoProjectionTool, freeware) and TouchDesigner (free, non-commercial version).

Tutor: Tadhg Charles
Date: Saturday, 8th February 2025 (full day)
Participants: 8 max
Level: Beginners
Cost: €65

Providing professional visual artists with the skills and knowledge to produce their own mapped video projection:

• To understand the workflow from planning, to production, and post-production, towards the installation of a video projection mapped artwork for a gallery installation and/or outdoor building.
• To acquire the basic skills and knowledge to autonomously produce a video projection mapping artwork using the required hardware and software.

About the Tutor:

Tadhg Charles is a visual professional and educator with a background in architecture and computation. His recent work examines the hybridisation of digital tools for the  purposes of accessibility and representation. 

As a tutor, he has facilitated courses on hybrid fabrication and emergent technology in institutions across Europe, designing and implementing workflows that allow for the easy realisation and transference of content between the physical and digital realms while assisting visual artists to achieve their project goals.

Requirements:

• To be computer literate and reasonably comfortable with the digital 3D environment.
• Fire Station has a limited amount of Mac/PC desktop computers and these will be made available on a first come first served basis.
• To bring your own media (videos and still images) to be used in the course.
• Installing the necessary software in advance of the course (all details will be provided). The software used in this session is freely available to download.

For any enquiries and to book your place, please email resource@firestation.ie.