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Part 2. The Untimely Spherical Panorama

This part of the project involves the interaction of a few devices, focusing on the translation of the reality into images and the compression and extraction of information, going back and forth from 3D to 2D, negative and positive. A light sensitive glass globe was exposed with a camera with multiple lenses looking at different directions. Light from the environment thus wrapped around the globe, resulting in a 3D negative.

To invert the image, we reversed the mechanism of carousel projectors and adapted them into cameras. This projector-camera then rephotographed the sculptures as they rotated, reframing them at different angles. The same projector was then used to project these photographs, converting them into comprehensible positive images.

LAM  POK  YIN
林       博       彥



a. the untimely apparatus
    of two amateur photographers

    / part i: telescopic mailing tube
    / part ii: spherical panorama
     / part iii: photography as pastime
    / part iv: operation in the field

    / statement
    / installation view
   

b. other works    
    / when you’ve lost your camera    
    / functional monument   
    / lights unfixed   
    / air (6.75m3)



c.  about
1. The Adaptation of a Slide Projector into a Camera 2. The Five-Pinhole Camera Clamping 5. Demostration of Modified Ektapro 9020 Cine photographing Glass Sphere Negative #17 Waiting for silver gelatin to set 4. Glass Sphere Negative, #17 Setup for loading unexposed film 3. Glass Sphere Negative #18 Figuring out the surface temperature of pre-heated glass globe Closeup of gelatin test Coating of silver gelatin The state of living room Gelatin failure Veneering complete Ironing on the wood veneer Swelling of gelatin vs pH values 6. Glass Sphere Negative #17, Re-photographed by Modified Ektapro 9020 Cine Ikea studio setup Stencil for photo paper Folded and exposed










































1. The Adaptation of a Slide Projector into a Camera

Modified Ektapro 9020 Cine
Kodak Ektapro 80 Carousel sealed with 2 layers of light-proof sheets
Lamp module removed
Kodak Ektapro Select FF lens
75-120mm, f/ 3.5, focus fixed
Slide holders loaded with Kodak 5222 motion film
Manufactured by Kodak, 1995


4. Glass Sphere Negative, #17

20cm glass sphere subbed with
1 coat of RMB4 photo gelatin with RBM5 addictive hardener
2 coats of FOMA liquid emulsion diluted with alcohol
Metered for ISO 3 at f/5.6, 0.8s
Exposed indoors with 3200K tungsten lighting for 3.75 hours
Pre-hardened and developed in Ilford PQ paper developer, 1:9
Stop bath and fixers added with RBM5 addictive hardener
2. The 5-Pinhole Camera

MDF, Mahogany Veneer
44x44x44cm
f/171
12.5 KG






5. Demostration of Modified Ektapro 9020 Cine photographing Glass Sphere Negative #17
3. Glass Sphere Negative, #18

20cm glass sphere subbed with
1 coat of RMB4 photo gelatin with RBM5 addictive hardener
3 coats of FOMA liquid emulsion diluted with alcohol
Deliberately overexposed as defects were spotted during coating
Streaks formed due to the addition of Photo-Flo during glass cleaning



6. Glass Sphere Negative #17, Re-photographed by Modified Ektapro 9020 Cine

Kodak 5222 Double X Motion Film
Exposed at ISO 200, f/3.4, 1s with ND0.9 Filter
Mounted on GEPE glassless slide holders