video projections

Light-thrown moving pictures

Video projections are images or video displayed by projecting light onto a surface—typically a screen, wall, or building facade.

The term often appears in art and entertainment contexts: The installation featured video projections on all four walls, Video projections transformed the building into a canvas of moving light.

Unlike television or computer monitors, projections can scale to enormous sizes and adapt to irregular surfaces.

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lens · ambient lighting · screen · masking · stage performances · immersive experience · calibration · layering · synchronization · light shows · viewing angle · warping · outdoor events · building facades · large scale · interactive exhibits · lumens · museum installations

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display technology

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Broadcast viewing devices

plasma screens · LED screens · LED walls · monitors · LCD panels

media format

video projectionsdrawings

Images rendered by hand

lithographs · paintings · live performance · oil paintings · film stills

permanence and materiality

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Artwork using pigmented oils

sculptures · frescoes · bronze statues · stone monuments · tapestries

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G