Bloom Edinburgh International Festival 2017
- Animation
- Artwork
In 1947, the Edinburgh International Festival was established to “provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit”.
70 years later, Bloom marked this anniversary of the Festival by commissioning 59 Productions to transform all the facades around St Andrew Square into a vast canvas for projection-mapped animations.
Bloom celebrated the joyful transformation of the city over the preceding 70 years, from the darkness and division of the post-war era to a contemporary explosion of colour and spectacle.
My Involvement
Working for 59 Productions, I was tasked with creating animated vignettes depicting post-war Europe. This involved sourcing public domain images and composing them in Photoshop within the bounds of a building’s facade. These vignettes were animated in After Effects, matting on and off with gentle bleeds and containing subtle moving elements.
I also created stills that featured as part of a fast-moving slideshow on the themes of film, jazz, books and tartan.
Software
Photoshop
After Effects
Selected Press
“59 Productions’ stunning vision of ‘the flowering of the human spirit’ opened this year’s EIF”
The Scotsman
“Bloom transforms St Andrew Square into an immersive environment of colour, sound and texture to kick off the international festival”
The Guardian
“Bloom is about what the inspiration of the Festival has brought to the city as a destination for the world”
The Herald
59 Productions Team
Project Director
Leo Warner
Lead Designer
Akhila Krishnan
Producer
Rebecca Collis
Composer
Nick Powell
Sound Designer
Gareth Fry
Lighting Designer
Matt Daw
Animation & Design
Lawrence Watson
Edd Stockton
Nicol Scott
Aaron Brady
Emily Howells
Simon Russell
Raphael Pimlott
Georgia Clegg
Joanna Pilarczyk
Assistant Designer
Dale Croft
Matthew Taylor
(pre-production)
Graphic Design
Bex Pitt
Production Manager
James Roxburgh
Programmer & System Design
Maximilien Spielbichler
Technical Assistant
Iain Syme
Programmers
Rowan Pitts
Sam Jeffs
Network
Chris Dunkin