With the rise of public projection festivals such as White Night there is an opportunity to use these events for truth telling and not mere spectacle. Geelong After Dark Conference date: 05-05-2017 Through 05-05-2017',Īs Teal Triggs comments in the editorial of Communication Design (2016: 4), society has entered a period of post-truth which 'has come to mean the idea that public opinion is increasingly being shaped less by objective reporting than by emotion-driven personal beliefs.' This research explores how public video projection functions as an alternative to traditional media and reactivates public space/monuments/architecture to become an authoritative canvas on which to project 'facts'. It was written and directed by Cameron Rose and animated by Titania Rosari. Fukushima was produced by Studio Qualia, a collective of communication designers and artists. Research Significance The work was viewed by hundreds of visitors to the 2017 Geelong After Dark festival and we have been invited back to produce a new work at this year's festival based on the Adani Carmichael coal mine. images of nature or psychedelic 3D animation, Fukushima is an innovative form of communication design that combines the presentation of information with the expressive power of video projection. Where other public architecture projections can be identified by their abstract and artistic nature e.g. Note = 'video projection Curator: Olaf Meyer Research Background As Teal Triggs comments in the editorial of Communication Design (2016: 4), society has entered a period of post-truth which Fukushima as part of Time Signature curated by Olaf Meyer presented a unique projection onto Geelong City Hall.

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