Caio Vita // Light Collage

As a tool to manipulate digital images manually, adding the serendipity and exploration to the creation process.

To create curiosity and intrigue the viewer, to make them wonder if it's a photo, a 3D render, or a mixture of both.

As a visual way to communicate the idea of illusion, the blending of the digital and the analogue world.

To create patterns and backgrounds for posters, sites, identities, covers...

To create motion design by moving the optical objects while filming the projection.

I’ve designed a support for a 15x15cm mirror that can be laser cut in acrylic or wood.

You can use the mirrors to direct and to multiply the projected light.

The position and the angle of the mirrors will control the direction of the projection.

You can multiply the image that's being projected by positioning one mirror in front of another. You can use several mirrors to zigzag the light before it goes to the surface, this way you will create multiple versions of the same image.

With the support I've created you can adjust the angle of the mirrors. The idea is to use the mirrors to direct the projection into the paper surface.

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The projector is our light source, it uses the RGB system to form the image on a surface.

It's necessary to use the projector lenses to focus the image according to the distance of the support you are projecting on.

The projector should be on top of a table, or a flat surface, with enough space for a big piece of paper.

You can use the mirrors to direct and to multiply the projected light.

The position and the angle of the mirrors will control the direction of the projection.

With the support I've created you can adjust the angle of the mirrors. The idea is to use the mirrors to direct the projection into the paper surface.

The property of this object is to refract light, it has angled surfaces inside that will separate the light channels and reflect the projected image creating new colours, duplicating the image and distorting it.

It should be used in a playful way, you can turn it around, position it in front of the projector, in front of the mirrors or on top of the surface to see how it is affecting the projected image on the surface.

Defectives cubes has a very distinctive colour. Because of its shape, it can reflect six times the same image, each one with a different color to it.

This is a plane prism, it will bend, distort and unfocus the projected image.

This object is similar to the prism, but because they had some problems during manufacturing, they are sold as defective prism. It can render beautiful bright colours and reflect the projected image multiplying it.

Each defective prism has its own unique characteristics, you will not find two defective prisms that are the same.

They should also be used in a playful and exploratory way. Turn then around, move through the surface and see how it can affect your image.