This is a research and development project by Yandell Walton made possible with Melbourne Universities Phillip Hunter Fellowship, City of Melbourne Resilience Fund Grant & Australia Council Resilience Fund Grant. Thanks to my research collaborator Melissa Fedrigo and mentor Justin Ridler.
5 years ago
Forest Project
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Yandell Walton
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3D plant created through Photogrammetry / Reality Capture then floor and sky with lighting added in Cinema 4D
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Captured at Fitzroy Gardens this photo set was processed through Reality Capture and animated in Cinema 4D
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Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?
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Plants Alive, exhibition for LIGHT WINDOWS a world wide exhibition
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International’s Living Forests Report: Saving Forests at Risk, lists eastern Australia as one of 11 places around the world that will account for 80 per cent of global forest loss by 2030. We are living beyond the means of the planet and forests have a huge role to play in a sustainable future.
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The fragility of the natural environment has been at the forefront of my practice with highly developed and well received public installations like Human Effect (2012-18) and Transient Entanglement (2019). By embarking on a research collaboration with Melissa Fedrigo a recent PHD graduate from School of Ecosystem & Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, The Forest project will follow a methodology that blends experience in the land, scientific knowledge, and the artistic potential of arousing new discourses.
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Melbourne University Lecturer Dr Kourosh Khoshelham and PHD researcher coming on board to capture the natural environment with LIDAR scanning technology
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Resilience Funding over the period of COVID-19 lockdown for the development of this project and mentoring opportunity with Justin Ridler
