SM1701 Research Blog Post 3 : Jeffrey Shaw

Topic : The art of Jeffrey Shaw

Student Name: CHIN Ho

Student No: 59380938

(image sources : https://www.jeffreyshawcompendium.com/portfolio/corpocinema/ )

Jeffrey Shaw is an Australian artist who makes interactive art using technology, film, and physical experiences. His works, including Legible City and Viewpoint, allow audiences to control the story and change how we experience cinema.

From this week, my research blog I focus on one of his expanded cinema artworks, "Corpocinema". In this artworks, it was made with a large air-inflated PVC dome 700cm in diameter and 400 cm high. The structure enclosed a space into which moving film and slides could be projected from without. This creates a temporary condition for the materialization of the project imagery within the dome. 

In this work, an experience of  "expanded cinema", it breaks away from traditional movie-watching on a flat screen; it uses a large, inflatable dome where moving images and slides are projected from outside onto the inner surface. Moreover, this creates a three-dimensional space where the audience feels immersed in the story, surrounded by the visuals rather than just watching them on a screen. Furthermore, the dome makes the experience feel real and interactive, including blending film, physical space, and audience presence in a new way. This expands the idea of cinema beyond a single, flat screen into a dynamic and spatial experience.