Projection Mapping — USC
Projection Mapping — USC
In 2019 the J. Paul Getty Museum hosted Getty Unshuttered Live, a live evening event on the museum's Los Angeles campus — and its buildings became the projection surface. Working through USC with Professors Michael Patterson & Candace Reckinger, we projection-mapped animated imagery across the Getty's facades above the plaza.
The show ran live in front of the audience, with TouchDesigner driving the projection playback — rigging and alignment by day, show control from the console after dark. Beyond the walls themselves, the boulders in the fountain pool were mapped as sculptural surfaces of their own, their animated skins doubled in the water below.
The night, in motion — projection-mapped imagery washing across the Getty's architecture, live in front of the crowd.
Daylight setup on the Getty plaza, then the show run live from the console after dark — TouchDesigner driving the projection playback.
The buildings became the screen —
The Getty's travertine facades became the canvas — animated imagery, text, and color mapped across the buildings while the audience moved through the plaza below.
Beyond the walls, the boulders in the fountain pool were mapped as sculptural screens — irregular stone surfaces carrying their own animated skins, doubled in the water.
