Getty Underworld

Overview

We collaborated with the Getty team, Mike Patterson, and USC Animation students to create “Getty College Night,” a one-night community event that opens the museum to college students to learn more about the Getty. Inspired by the exhibition Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife, “Getty College Night” welcomes students to leave their daily lives behind and explore the mythology associated with Hades and the other immortals. With the Underworld theme in mind, we designed and animated spooky, but fun, visuals and projection mapped them onto the inner and outer peristyles of the Getty Villa.

Credits

Creative Direction and Event Design - Mike Patterson

Producers - Martzi Campos and Ann Lee

Animation + Projection Mapping Artists - Cassie Shao, Brenda Chen, Kaley Cho, Daniel Ma, Jenn Fortnash, Sicong Tian, Crystal Jow, Ankita Panda, Mitch McGlocklin, Ana Carolina Estartia Gurerro, Jake Wang, Amir Arzanian, Megan Simon, Ann Lee, and Mike Patterson

TouchDesigner Installation Artists - Keshav Prasad, Crystal Jow, Ankita Panda, Kaley Cho, Mitch McGlocklin

Musical Clock Projection - Julian Kantor

Projection Mapping and Animation - Akiko Yamashita - VT ProDesign

Projection - Arik Perelman + Gear Connection

Research - Sean Bouchard

Special Thanks - Jarrett Smith - Derivative TouchDesigner, Vartan Tchekmedyian - VT Pro Design, Akiko Yamashita - VT ProDesign, Tracy Fullerton - USC Games Innovation Lab, Will Michaelsen - Cutmod, and Arik Perelman - Gear Connection