'The Book of Transformations' pays tribute to Christie's projection mapping

The multinational visualization company Christie has published 'The Book of Transformations', a luxurious volume that explores and pays tribute to the work of artists and technicians who use powerful projection technologies to visually transform structures and objects.

The book 'The Book of Transformations' pays tribute to projection mapping and collects key visuals, basic plans and technical details of dozens of mapping projects carried out around the world with projectors Christie and complementary technologies.

Available as a free download app on multiple platforms, as a PDF file and as a limited edition hardcover publication, The reader will discover in the more than seventy studies that analyze the image changes and drastic visual transformations experienced by gigantic office buildings., ancient temples and churches, emblematic towers, bridges, large stages and even athletics tracks, product of the use of light as a pictorial element and the creative genius of event producers and artists.

To project mappings you have to create a virtual and very precise version of a structure, using high-power professional-grade projectors to transform the configuration of that structure through light painting and motion graphics. (moving graphics).

The tablet version of 'The Book of Transformations' includes images, embedded video and detailed descriptions of how the various structures and surfaces were mapped; of its recreation in the form of software and its subsequent reconfiguration using high-power projected light. Besides, This book covers the history of this artistic modality, carefully studies the conception and execution of projects and looks into the future of technology and the environment.

The free tablet app is available in the Apple App Store for iPads and in the Google Play Store for Android tablets. There is also the possibility of downloading a free non-interactive PDF, which allows you to view all the projection examples and supporting material, both on other devices such as desktop computers or laptops.

‘The Book of Transformations’ follows the one published at the beginning of 2013 ‘The Book of Shapes’ de Christie, that explored projects carried out with this company's MicroTiles modular display technology and its possibilities.

Organized into sections, 'The Book of Transformations' pays tribute to projects carried out on several continents, in some cases in emblematic places, also showing how motion graphics artists and technology producers push the limits of projection, as in the case of South Korea or Singapore, where water vapor was used as a digital canvas, or in the United States and Spain, where they packaged motor vehicles with fabrics that they later transformed with multiple projections full of creativity.

Christie Technology

Christie 3-chip DLP projectors are used around the world to project mappings. The wide spectrum of resolutions and brightness levels allows users to project images of great richness and evocative power on practically any type of structure or surface.. Christie's range of projectors reaches 35.000 lumens in the center and offers xenon or mercury lighting alternatives, thus adapting to the demands of applications of different size or budget.

Christie Twist technology offers users the ability to warp and edge blend images projected onto irregular shapes or surfaces and enables complex multi-projection installations to become easy with camera-based systems., like the Christie AutoStack.