Collision
Projection Mapping Installation
2025
Januray 31st - February 16th, 2025
Activation on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
Stephen Avenue: Facade of El Furniture Warehouse, Original Joe's and Annabelle's Kitchen
107 8 Ave SW, Calgary
6pm - 10pm
Collision is a projection mapping installation that invites viewers to rethink their relationship with time in today’s digital age. Using evolving visuals, we explore the ways technology and social media distort our perception of time, accelerating our days and merging moments into a continuous, often overwhelming flow. Through this experience, we encourage viewers to confront the effects of this distortion and restore a sense of genuine human connection.
Set against the architectural features of the buildings: El Furniture Warehouse, Original Joe’s and Annabelle’s Kitchen on Stephen Avenue, our visuals evolve and pulse, conveying a sense of movement that mirrors time slipping and bending around us. We blend physics-inspired effects with an evocative soundtrack that synchronizes with the visuals, creating a layered sensory experience. Each element of Collision urges the viewer to pause, reflect, and consider what endures amidst the rush of digital life.
Credits
Presented at Chinook Blast Festival
Artistic Direction, Animation and Projection Mapping: Laura Anzola & Matthew Waddell
Thanks to: Night Light Festival and the Victoria Park BIA
2MuchTech
Projection Mapping Installation
2023
September 28-30, 2023
TransAlta Building Columns
110 12 Ave SW, Calgary
6pm - 11pm
Overwhelmed by the relentless stream of social media, VR, AR, AI, and the latest must-have gadgets?
2MuchTech offers a hyper-charged projection experience that scrutinizes technology's role in our lives, particularly amid environmental disruptions. This provokes us to consider whether technology is spurring progress or is merely a catalyst for chaos.
Step into this exploration with us as we probe technology's footprint on our world, punctuated by moments of dark humor, bright colours, and deep truths.
Credits
Presented at Night Light Festival by the Victoria Park BIA
Artistic Direction, Animation and Projection Mapping: Laura Anzola & Matthew Waddell
Thanks to: David Low
BiblioBeats 2
Projection Mapping Installation
2023
September 28-30, 2023
Central Memorial Park Library
7:30pm - 11pm
Over the last two winters, AZMA has partnered with animators from Calgary and Bogotá to create six unique projection mappings at Central Memorial Park Library. AZMA handles the technical side, allowing artists to focus on creative storytelling. This collaboration offers a community platform for artistic expression without the need for technical expertise in projection mapping.
The first trio of animations drew inspiration from the library's architecture, its role as a repository of books, and the cultural significance of Memorial Park. Utilizing a diverse set of techniques, artists Residuo, Sergio Moreno, and AZMA produced works that range from 3D and 2D digital animation to motion graphics and handmade stop-motion.
The remaining three animations were crafted with the winter season in mind. As the solstice nears and the days grow shorter, these pieces by Tyler Longmire, Emmanuel Ho, and Residuo serve as luminous reminders of the Holiday Spirit, casting light and warmth during the darkest months.
Together, these six animations span two themes and showcase the diverse potential of architectural projection mapping.
Credits
Presented by Victoria Park BIA and Calgary Public Library
Artistic Direction and Projection Mapping: AZMA
Animation 1: Laura Anzola and Matthew Waddell
Animation 2: Residuo Studio, Daniela Briceño and Diego Cortes
Animation 3: Sergio Moreno
Animation 4: Residuo Studio, Daniela Briceño, Blanca Castellar and Diego Cortes
Animation 5: Emmanuel Ho
Animation 6: Tyler Klein Longmire
Impossible Geometries
Immersive Interactive
Projection Mapping Installation
2022
March 1 - September 5, 2022
THEMUSEUM
Kitchener, Ontario, CA
Impossible Geometries is the inaugural experience featured in THEMUSEUM's new EYEPOOL interactive 360 degree projection environment. This immersive exhibit takes guests on a journey through ten unique audiovisual worlds, each exploring the captivating elements of visual design, interaction, and play.
As you enter EYEPOOL, you'll be enveloped in a surreal landscape where space and time warp, along with abstract geometries that fill the space. The exhibit encourages guests to question the limits and bounds of their physical environment, challenging perceptions of what it means to occupy the here and now. Each world highlights one visual design element that is more prominent than the others, guests are encouraged to find which element it is -knowing in advance that there are no right answers-. These elements include: lines, dots, shapes, textures, space, color, intersection, scale, negative and positive space, and repetition.
As you move through the exhibit, sensors in the room detect your movements and activate the floor with interactive animations, encouraging guests to play, explore and contemplate the different elements of visual design that are included within each world.
Credits
Presented by THEMUSEUM
Artistic Direction, Animation, Interactive Design, Projection Mapping and Creative Coding: Laura Anzola and Matthew Waddell
Music: Darren Young
Thanks to: Daniel MacPherson
BiblioBeats
Projection Mapping Installation
2021
December 10-19, 2021
Central Memorial Park Library
5pm - 11pm
We teamed up with Victoria Park BIA, (who just got some lovely laser projectors) to create and commission three new projection mapping animations that explore a wide range of styles and techniques while representing Canada and Colombia.
Animation #1 by Laura Anzola and Matthew Waddell uses abstract geometry and particles - tightly synchronized to the beat - to highlight architecture and rhythm.
Animation #2 by Residuo Animacion is a hand-made, stop motion animation using pastels and powdered pigments to take us on a crafty journey through texture and human touch.
Animation #3 by Sergio Moreno is a smiley mix of 3D and 2D animation that brings the library into the park with books, written text and colourful paper transitions.
Credits
Presented by Victoria Park BIA and Calgary Public Library
Artistic Direction and Projection Mapping: AZMA
Animation 1: Laura Anzola and Matthew Waddell
Animation 2: Residuo Studio, Daniela Briceño and Diego Cortes
Animation 3: Sergio Moreno
Technical Direction: Marc Lavallee
Photos: Studio Stratagem (Emily Promise Allison)
Video: Kara Bree Productions
Thanks to: David Low
