creators Project: The Treachery of sanctuary

"One directional art is very much the art presented to you, this is also about how you're presenting yourself to the art." – Chris Milk

"Forward thinking director Chris Milk came to us to execute his latest vision. He showed us sketches of an idea for a large triptych involving a user’s shadow interacting with shadows of realistic birds.

We knew we could achieve this using new technologies available to us. First, we chose the Unity game engine to encapsulate the visuals in order to give the birds a fully realistic 3D personality. Next, using Microsoft Kinect for Windows and openFrameworks, we hand crafted a one-of-a-kind interaction that made the user feel they were viewing their shadow interacting with real ravens.

At The Creators Project opening San Francisco, we created three 25-foot installations that spanned the entire width of a hangar. We fabricated a reflecting pool to keep the user in contact with Kinect sensors and prevent people from getting too close to the screens". – Fake Love

Credits:
Release Year: 2012
Client: CREATORS PROJECT
Project Concept + Direction: CHRIS MILK
Production Company: RADICAL MEDIA
Radical Media Executive Producer: JENNIFER HEATH
Design and Creative Direction: PUNK AND BUTLER
Interactive Creative Production: FAKE LOVE
Fake Love Executive Creative Director: LAYNE BRAUNSTEIN
Fake Love Head of Creative Development: JOSH HOROWITZ
Fake Love Supervising Producer: LAUREN BICKERS
Fake Love Producer: CATHERINE BADGER
Fake Love Creative Technologist: BLAIR NEAL
Fake Love Creative Developer: AARON MEYERS
Fake Love Creative Developer: BRIAN CHASALOW
Fake Love Creative Developer: CHARLIE WHITNEY
Fake Love 3D Animator: CHELSEA HASH
Fake Love 3D Animator: SEAN THORPE
Fake Love 3D Animator: DAVID LARKIN
Technical Director: JAMES GEORGE
Audio Design: DAVID HOROWITZ
Special Thanks: EYEBEAM

Press:
(2014-06-02) Holmes, Kevin. “Chris Milk’s ‘The Treachery of Sanctuary’ Unveiled at London’s Digital Revolution” Vice 2 Jun. 2014.
(2012-06-21) Clark, Liat. “Interactive Installation Features Shadow-eating Birds” WIRED 21 Oct. 2012.