Geoff seen these and wondering about an abstract sectioning mechanism for the show
- not these shapes exactly..
We do need to find a way of splitting up the show even with voil curtains or similar to zone but also to control light in the space..
further to this Fred Sandback was mentioned..
Saw this in switzerland in 2000 but not working...
great idea and ripe for digital conversion so hands off! (for show?)
subject filmed via a polished reflective cone and projected back into the middle of a circular projection space, 1 projection fires in a 360 band of light, in digital use any source material could be bent to fit or mapped? see circular film cell shape below.
Swissorama Camera. Image by Damian Amstutz. Copyright Swiss Museum of Transport. 
Further info and text/photos below link to www.in70mm.com
On July 2nd 1984 Swissorama, a new 360° projection system opened at the Swiss Museum of Transport and Communication in Lucerne. After over a decade of research and experimentation Ernst A. Heiniger finally presented the world’s first large format seamless 360° film within a special theatre to the public.
An audience of 400 people could experience feature "Impressions of Switzerland" free of distortion as a moving panorama on the seamless circular screen, 5m high and 60m in length. The theatre had no seats and was about 20m in diameter. Shows were held every hour and no extra admission was charged. Up to 1991 Swissorama was very popular among museum visitors, then attendance figures started to decrease constantly. By the end of March 2000 the theater was temporarily closed due to high maintenance costs and technical problems. Growing competition within the museum after the opening of an IMAX theatre with its changing program reduced public interest furthermore. After the last „farewell“ shows, held on the 9th and 10th of March 2002, the Swissorama was removed and replaced by another exhibit.
Swissorama Theatre. Image by Damian Amstutz. Copyright Swiss Museum of Transport.
Another similar system called the Cinetarium..
(pics from here)
..in this system a reflective ball is used.
possible to have projections standing upright?
or perhaps project into some sort of white tent structure like buckminster fuller dymaxion home structures..
These were the forerunner to modern pop promos..
nice idea to select student work or movies?
examples..
scopitone blog site link more.. link
The Cinebox was an Italian film jukebox that debuted in 1959 and entered the market in Europe almost simultaneously with the Scopitone. It entered the U.S. market in the spring of 1963, well before Scopitone, but was never as popular there as Scopitone. In 1965, the Cinebox was renamed Colorama in the United States. In 1966, it was completely redesigned as the ultra-stylish Cinejukebox.
above text and below image of frankie avalon from www.scopitonearchive.com
(text and images from www.acmi.net.au) check the full article here
Robert Barker's 'Panorama' : A Room with a View
In 1787, the painter Robert Barker opened an exhibition in Edinburgh which was to have a major impact on the nineteenth- and twentieth-century entertainment industries. It featured a panoramic view of the city of Edinburgh painted around the inner wall of a rotunda which, viewed from the center of the room, gave the spectator the illusion of reality. During the nineteenth century, panoramas and related forms of visual illusionism--dioramas, moving panoramas, peep-shows--became an early form of mass entertainment in European and American cities. pic showing actual panorama.
Other panoramas..
images and info from www.in70mm.com
Leonard Urry had set up Circlorama together with Leon Heppner, a Russian entrepreneur who had lived in London for several years. They acquired a bomb site in Denman Street just behind Piccadilly Circus and constructed a building to house the new 360 degree cinema which they had imported from Russia. (click on the several pages of info from the link above)
on the bottom left of the above image was cirdlorama...
in russia..
First in a few case studies for surround projection.
'Circle Vision 360' was a Disney invention - or a re-invention of similar ideas elsewhere. 9 cameras in a circle pointing outwards film events around the world which are then projected into a 9 screen surround cinema. As I understand it all have now been closed.
wikki link
japanese links
disney fan site covering old park deletions 1
disney fan site covering old park deletions 2
patents below from Hans Perks site click to enlarge them..
CircleVision is still developed in a seamless digital format by The Circle Vision Group here a some images from their site..
circlevision nightclub previs
