joanna is an art bitch: Non-Place: Brian Eno Made Me Do It

After doing some more Snoezelen research i found that the rooms contained projectors showing images on the walls, maybe a forest combined with the sounds of trees. Im now thinking about doing a projection, something ive never done before which is a bit scary.

Brian Eno (yes that Brian Eno) does a lot of projection work and his installation 77million paintings has been projected in Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and even on the Sydney Opera House. I found this really intersting snippet on his website:

Working on evidence that the use of art and music can produce improved psychological, physiological and biological outcomes of clinical significance in patient care, Eno created an eight-piece version of 77 Million Paintings.
On the lower-ground floor, he created a Quiet Room where patients and staff can sit and be immersed in shifting colours and soundscape. As one journalist soberly commented "so you have to be pretty ill to hear this particular piece of music."
Architects IBI Nightingale said: "Creating a healing environment isn’t only about correct surgical procedures and the right technology but also about making an atmosphere where the patients feel able to relax enough to clearly think through their options, and to properly take part in the healing process themselves."
Now other hospitals in England have commissioned Eno to create similar rooms for their spaces and schools are now approaching Eno for quiet areas for their pupils.

This is exactly the sort of thing i want to do so im glad i looked at his site. Ive done a wee bit of research into other installations and artwork that uses projection, from simple light creating shadows to the complicated but impressive 3D mapping.