SPATIAL ALCHEMY
TALES OF AN AUTODIDACT

SPATIAL ALCHEMY
TALES OF AN AUTODIDACT

 

self initiated

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mentor: brad bartlett
mentor: miles mazzie
mentor: ivan cruz

Spatial Alchemy is a book that dives deep into the artistic process of Philippe Petit. The book acts as a visual guide through the planning, practicing and execution of the amazing high wire feat. Accompanying the book is a spatial interactive piece and printed matter.

INSTALLATION FILM ➝

SPATIAL ALCHEMY BOOK ➝
Included in the book is 272 pages backstory, planning the heist, and through the high wire act in 1974.

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SPATIAL ALCHEMY INSTALLATION ➝
This installation turns the user into a performer for the audience around them. The performer is engaged on a levitated surface giving a sense of the high wire act as well as acting as a human scrubber for the visuals projected around them.

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SPATIAL ALCHEMY PRINTED MATTER ➝
Two sets of printed mater. One, a poster set promoting the book event. The other, an interactive poster set up with provocations and a reactive graphic element.

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KEVIN LIANGCY
ART DIRECTOR + VISUAL DESIGNER

 

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