REVOLUTION {rightclick here to download / leftclick to watch movie}

REVOLUTION shows a 360° view of a straight movement through a tunnel. At the ends of the architectural structure the camera turns periodically and starts moving into the opposite direction. The simultaneous visibility of all horizontal directions of the movement, the periodical repetition of the movement into the tunnel and out of the tunnel combined with a slight repositioning of the cameras axis sum up to a pretty comprehensive displacement of the viewer.
The video could be considered as a two dimensional representation of the "Klein Bottle".

Screenshot of the PAL single monitor version

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PRODUCTION

The movie consists of 85 frames. Each of them represents a 360 degree view of the site. Each view was rendered out of 16 single digital photo shots.
To capture the frames I shot one panorama image each 50cm while passing through the tunnel. The whole capturing process took me 3 nights. The 360 degree frames were then manipulated in Photoshop and animated in After Effects. In AFX I also animated the camera axis to achieve the panning effect on the turning points of the movement.
As I shot all footage in high resolution the final animation in full size covers 12 PAL monitors standing in a row.

To come up with a smooth velocity I used a sinus function to define the duration of visibility of each image.

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Date of production: Fall 2001
The resolution is variable.
The full frame size covers 12 PAL monitors at full resolution.
concept, realisation: Stefan Riekeles

The video was shown on several locations,
mainly in the context of electronic music events.