36 real polygons - A mapping project

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Sometimes when a project becomes reality it is born out of what is practically possible just as much as it comes from a concept.
We wanted to created a hanging sculpture of a sizeable scale for an outdoor event and we came up with the idea of creating it using triangles as it is a basic and robust shape which is at the same time easy to use for projection mapping. And it turned out that we really liked the final result - the 'polygon cloud'.
We built it from 36 equal sided triangular shapes of wood and fabric. We then placed 6 beamers - 3 stacked in each corner and started to map each of the triangular surfaces and create motion graphics for this surface.
The final video mapped sculpture was used as an intermezzo for 15000 young scouts at their summer gathering.