Four films were created for the University of the Arts 2010 graduation ceremonies. Student life, artwork and event photos were animated by Squint/opera and then Vj-ed and projected across 3 large screens in time with a brass band. Held in the Royal festival hall the films were a striking backdrop for such a formal yet creative event.
We are once again showcasing a series of films on the big screen in Federation Square Melbourne for a month starting on August 1st 2010.
This time our films will run for 30 minutes, daily at 5.30pm (when there are openings in fedsquare tv schedule) and 12.30 am at night. On weekends the films run again at 3pm. So come on over to peek at our films.
We are pleased to announce the launch of the UK’s Virtual Pavilion, an online interactive website that accompanies the opening of the Shanghai Expo. The online experience is designed to enable visitors to explore and discover more about Thomas Heatherwick’s pavilion and Troika’s exhibition walkways through a series of immersive interactive environments. To visit the site click here.
This website accompanies the film that describes the concept behind Thomas Heatherwick’s UK Pavilion To view the film click here.
The ASAI (American Society of Architectural Illustration) have awarded Squint/Opera an Award of Excellence. “The Three Sisters” will be also be exhibited throughout America with the “Architecture in Perspective 25 Show” until the end of 2011.
Created for the Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2010 Squint/Opera now create stereoscopic 3d films. For more information or samples please get in touch.
A series of stills currently being exhibited at the Medcalf Gallery, London, EC1R 4QE
Gravity has become a commodity. The power to harness,
control, compartmentalise and subsequently charge the
public for their use of a force previously taken for granted
is in the hands of British Gravity.
The effect is the extreme polarisation of society. The gap
between the rich and the poor has grown greater than
ever. British Gravity is immensely powerful and able to
influence government policy. Citizens unable to pay their
gravity bills are cut off and resort to desperate measures.
The longer they are subjected to zero gravity, the weaker
they become. Their muscles atrophy and their bones
wither. Gravity has become an effective tool for social engineering.
In a series of five stills, Squint/Opera explores a parallel
world of extremes. Cutting through social classes, the images
are snapshots into a world in which even the natural
forces have become traidable commodities.
Squint/Opera’s Flooded London images are currently being exhibited at the Jacaranda Gallery in Amman, Jordan. Nick Taylor, one of the artists involved, went along to the exhibition launch to explain the pieces. The exhibition will run until the end of April.
Flooded London 2090 is being exhibited at the Jacaranda Images Gallery in Amman, Jordan. The exhibition will run from the 5th April 2009 - 30th April 2009. For more information visit Jacaranda Images. Download the invitation to meet the Artist Nick Taylor
The Making of Flooded London
Art Not Oil, in conjunction with The Rising Tide Project, have picked up on our recent Flooded London series and have featured ‘St Paul’s: A Late Afternoon Plunge’ in their gallery. For more information click here.
come and doodle!
at the British Film Institute 14-17th November - more details on the onedotzero website.
We have made a film as part of the Rebuild the Skylon campaign.
Built for the Festival of Britain in 1951, the Skylon was a 300 foot high metal sculpture that sat in the heart of London on the Southbank. It was demolished in 1952 but people have wanted to rebuild it again on a regular basis. It became an icon for a new era in British history, and is the first example of high-tech architecture in the UK.
Watch the film on Vimeo.
Squint Opera depicts living in ‘Flooded London’ in 2090
A series of fantastical 3d images exploring life in a future flooded london are on display as part of the London Architecture Festival at the Medcalf Bar in Exmouth Market from 20th June until the 20th July. The images have already appeared in various publications including Dezeen magazine and Moleskins’ blog. Hear Jonathan Glancey, the Guardian’s architecture critic talk about the exhibition here.
The general scenario is set 80 or so years into the future, long after the sea levels have risen. The catastrophic side of the sea coming in has long since past and the five images are snapshots of people going about their lives, having adapted to the city’s new circumstance.
Limited edition prints are available for sale.
Please contact andrew@squintopera.com
St Pauls- A late afternoon plunge
Gallery- Resurrection experiments
Canary Wharf- Day in town for a spot of fishing
Honor Oak- Suburban Bucolia
St Mary Woolnath- Rich Pickings
For a very quick “making of” video showing how something like St Pauls was put together click below to read more…
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Squint/opera collaborated with product designer Christopher Pearson on his 3d glass wallpaper design for the new Terminal 5 building.
Copenhagen X, is a new film by Anne Haaning, squint/opera Denmark.
Copenhagen X is an open urban and residential exhibtition (2002 -2012) created by the partnership of Realdania, the City of Frederiksberg and the City of Copenhagen in association with the Danish Architecture Centre.
