The Requiem Seven

Working together with students, staff and alumni from UCA BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, seven unique sculptures were constructed as a response to the seven movements of Verdi's Requiem. Conductor Arie van Beek agreed to wear motion sensors for the ninety minutes of the Requiem performance. The resulting motion capture data was used in the creation of these sculptures.

Motion Captured

The first stage was getting the motion capture data represented in 3D space. In order to achieve this, custom software was written to ‘read’ the numerical data and plot a path in Maya as a 3D ‘curve’.

Creating Shapes

The next stage required the students to interpret these curves into solid 3D forms. They utilised Maya's geometry modelling tools and curve tools to construct unique shapes between and around the curve paths.

• Sculpture by Anita Gill

• Sculpture by Joey Ku

• Sculpture by Sasha Hart

• Sculpture by Tom Beg

• Sculpture by Tom Beg

• Sculpture by Sasha Hart

• Sculpture by Michael Smallwood

Reconstruction

Finally the sculptures were reconstructed into a 'sliced' 3D form, before being fabricated from lazer-cut steel, and displayed in the gardens of the Royal Opera House's High House Production Park in Purfleet.

• Photo by Jonathan Simms

• Photo by Jonathan Simms

• Photo by Jonathan Simms

• Photo by Jonathan Simms

• Photo by Jonathan Simms

• Photo by Jonathan Simms

• Photo by Jonathan Simms