Plant (3D) at the DIA
Creator of 'Plant (3D) talks at the DIA
“Detroit Revealed on Film” is a DIA exhibition that will feature documentaries and other film projects made about Detroit from its kickoff Friday January 20th — until the final film that runs into May.
The kick-off film was “Plant (3D)” which featured a ghostly perspective of the Packard Plant, displayed through a mesmerizing series of 3D images. It breeches the conventions of traditional film production with impressive results.
“When we show a subject, we want to present it in a way never done before,” said “Plant (3D)” creator Paul Kaiser last Saturday in a lecture at the DIA. “To do this, we calculate the view of an area through a process of abstraction to present the images in a way no human can normally see.”
On the 2nd floor of the DIA’s east wing is a small, secluded theatre filled with plush chairs and couches where viewers sit motionless, entranced by the hypnotic film behind their 3D glasses. By structure, “Plant (3D)” has no definite beginning or end and continuously runs throughout the day.
There are two frames projected onto a movie screen. At intervals throughout the film, the frames interchangeably display the images, and at times, work together to create a bizarre duality.
“We use two frames to maintain the viewer’s conscious eyesight, instead of lulling them into a comfortably mindless state,” Kaiser said.
Created by a New York and Chicago based creative firm, Open Ended Group, “Plant (3D)” was made in two and a half days, with three cameras and the resulting 18,000 plus photographs. The final animations were created through an extensive computer program known as “Field”, which processes similar images and eventually creates three dimensional renderings.
Through digital manipulation, Kaiser and his team created a three-dimensional virtual reality takes you through sections of the Packard Plant as though you were weightlessly adrift in the massive industrial ruin. “Our movie is a warning of what we’re doing with the earth, but as a spectacle of art. We desire to capture both of these aspects,” Kaiser said. Kaiser said that although he’s only been to Detroit twice in his life, he is interested in doing more film projects on Detroit in the near future. “Plant (3D)” will be playing at the DIA until February 5th.
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