Faculty of Art

Integrated Media: Digital Painting and Expanded Animation

Malakai Sihvonen-Morgan

Wisps in The Wen

In my project the Wisps in the Wen I wish to create a mysterious forest in the heart of Toronto, connecting each screen by wisps of light dancing from one screen to the next. While there are some parks around the industrial areas, Toronto has been completely paved over. It's my wish to bring back the spirits/wisps of the trees and return them to the core of the wen/city. To do this, I used 3D software to generate a 3D space of Toronto and placed the cameras appropriately, then populated the landscape with life, fog and ambiance. Connecting each of the 5 YDS monitors with a small wisp that flies from one screen to the next and loops back around for the 15-sec duration of the piece.