Salmon berry barbs again. Shot the strobe through the leaf in the background to get the translucent barbs.

The Dreamer is alive. This illuminated sculpture summons the spirits of Albert Einstein and other free thinkers, speaking to us from across space and time. Their faces appear on an translucent mask through the magic of rear-projected video, which brings them to life as if they were right in front of you.

The Dreamer’s face keeps transforming, showing fleeting characters and images, evoking memories and ideas that can move us and transform our lives. My goal is to make us more aware of how characters like these can influence us and change the way we perceive the world around us.

I’ve been prototyping The Dreamer for a few months now, and this interactive art project is coming along really well. I started by projecting photos against blank party masks, then creating clay sculptures of flattened faces, vacuum-forming them, and rear-projecting videos of talking heads inside our new translucent plastic masks.

The effect is surreal, and this art piece seems to be breaking new ground. There are so many ways it can go now. Next steps include adding some interactivity, so you can query the spirits or spark different moods -- as well as shooting and acquiring more talking head videos. We will present The Dreamer in a kiosk for art exhibits, as well as in the Time Machine we are building at Pataphysical Studios.

Watch the video of our first Einstein prototype: vimeo.com/308382785

See more photos of our first prototypes in this Dreamer album: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157674887503188

Learn more on our project page: fabriceflorin.com/2018/10/25/dreamer

Pink and white dendrobium orchid flowering in our orangerie, Paris Spring 08

seen in Arakawa, Tokyo

fluorescent green, fluorescent red, blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange, red

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Glass block window in our bathroom. This is the first house I have owned with these type windows. It's kind of cool because you can sort of see whats out side but not too clear. And amazingly enough they don't transmit a lot of heat. This window is over our tub which never gets used.

Beautiful translucent petals lit from the late afternoon light.

Best view in large.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

Some dots of color behind a translucent garage

A continuation of the translucents project.

I liked the translucence of this slug, so I took a pic.

Some people are so unoriginal and have no class. Hence being translucent and predictable.

Those are the ones that you need to be prepared for.

I thought this song was quite uplifiting :) I heard it on a washer head commercial...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOxdedVQhps&feature=player_em...

Submitted to Monthly Scavenger Hunt - April 2011 ("Translucent")

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Blackie is sofa king handsome

Translucent) Book Page Background - #1

I am on a journey to create (10) ATC backgrounds using various techniques.

1: For this background technique I cut pieces of an old book and an out dated phone book and glued them down with mod podge.

2: Once it dry, I painted over it with one part acrylic paint and three part acrylic glazing liquid ( You can use a little water instead ) I wanted a transparent look.

3: I stenciled parts of my paper in a bright color and added streaks of gesso.

4: After my paper was completely dry, I then cut it down to ATC cards.

There were a few people fishing at the beach today.

This was all that remained of one fish that got caught.

sunlight shining through snow on a fallen branch

Translucent ODC

Velvet Minuet stock outfit

Translucent.

scarf

corner of the courtyard in my studio

the sun was shining thru the petals, but not thru the leaves. I monochromed it to emphasize the translucent quality of the blossoms.