In an evolution of techniques used for 2019's Drum Chant video, Clemens captured Laurence Pike’s performance of Nero in a motion capture arena.
Produced as an interactive video, mo-cap technology was used to reduce Pike's form to the minimum number of dots, while still retaining the recognisable form of a figure playing drums.
Through user interaction, the viewer can manipulate the angle of observation, challenging the recognition of the performing figure.
Medium. Experience
Client. Laurence Pike
Title. Nero
Nero is the first single taken from Prophecy and is given a two part visual accompaniment by acclaimed Australian director Clemens Habicht.
In an evolution of techniques used for 2019’s Drum Chant video, Laurence Pike’s performance of Nero was filmed in a motion capture arena, an innovative interactive video reducing it to the minimum number of dots that are still recognisably a figure playing drums. The viewer can manipulate the angle of observation, challenging the recognition of the performing figure.
Directed by Clemens Habicht
Produced by Annabel Stevens
3D: Hugh Carrick-Allan
Interactive: Andrew Wright
Motion Capture: Thomas Ricciardiello, UTS Data Arena
Thanks to Gabriel Clark and Zoe Sadokierski