Join exhibiting artist Melania Jack to extend your digital art and projection skills. In this hands-on, small group workshop, Melania will cover how the software Adobe After Effects can be used for projection mapping, and use of hardware such as media players and projectors. Participants will learn ways to apply these tools to their current artistic practice and meet like-minded local artists that they might collaborate with. Attendees will receive step by step examples, inspiration to turn artworks into projection elements, and time to brainstorm project ideas and seek feedback. The workshop is directed at artists who have some prior experience working with Adobe software or similar. Basic computer skills are essential.

Attendees to bring:

• Laptop and adaptors
• Adobe After Effects software downloaded and installed on your laptop
• Digital files of your artwork (still images, video or other imagery to experiment with)
• Projector (if you have one)

Member Discount 
Enter the discount code MEMBER at checkout after you select the "continue to payment" button. If you are not already an Umbrella Member and want the workshop discount, sign up here.

Umbrella Members $90 | Full Price $110

To register for the Projection Mapping Workshop waitlist, email your interest to [email protected]. 

The Ironing Maidens’ exhibition Pressing Topics is on display at Umbrella 3 May - 16 June 2024.

Limited to 6 spaces (ages 15+) | Bookings close on the Friday prior to the workshop day at 4pm. | The workshops will take place in Umbrella’s downstairs studio at 408 Flinders St (next to Mary Who? Bookshop and opposite Woolworths). | All bookings subject to Umbrella's workshop and public programs booking policy.

Melania Jack Melania Jack is a queer, multi-media artist working within music, digital art, projection art/mapping, and performance platforms. The conceptual framework of Melania’s work employs a glitch feminism lens to explore themes of gender socialisation, equality and labour. Imagery drawn from popular culture and social media is sampled and collaged to explore these themes. Utilising projection as a transformative tool, Melania crafts immersive experiences that serve as windows into everyday objects like tea towels, irons, and ironing boards, unravelling the layers of significant labour embedded within them.

Image: Melania Jack. Photograph: Cristina Bevilacqua.