Author: Mackenzie Bedford

  • cSPACE Artist Incubator

    cSPACE Artist Incubator

    2021 cSPACE Artist incubator – first time projection mapping

    A self-directed skill development program where I pursued projection mapping for the first time.

    Theatre tech extraordinaire Tauran Wood showed me the ropes on QLab and I was off to the races.

    As part of a cohort of artists from all disciplines, I was excited to have the opportunity to collaborate. I held an open call for existing tracks to develop visuals.

    I ended up creating new and existing visuals to create a collage of sound and video on a 3-dimensional surface of spray painted moving boxes.

    cSPACE also hosted marketing workshops with Micheal Dargie, which really helped me sit down and look at myself through my own marketing lens that I often reserved only for others. My website is an iteration based from the work I did with his workshops.

    I was also privileged to be documented by the legendary Misha Maseka. She followed my progress with her camera and created a video snapshot of me and my work. This was the first time I’ve had someone look at me with such care.

    This was a formative experience for me as an emerging artist beginning their journey. Thank you to the artists and administrators for being a part of it.

  • Goldfinch Flurry

    Goldfinch Flurry

    2021. Calgary, AB

    Client/Funder: MAUD Collective + Chinook Blast

    A 3-way artist collaboration between myself (animation), Sara Johnston (mural/illustration) and Kyle Hinton (music).

    Inspiration: Animated these two goldfinches thinking about simple comedic beats from cartoons like Charlie Brown.

    Process: Illustration file imported into After Effects and animated for a 15 second loop.

    *First place People’s Choice award from MAUD

  • BEACON: QAS Lockdown I

    BEACON: QAS Lockdown I

    Created over May Long weekend 2020.

    An anonymous alien is abruptly awoken from cryostasis by a beckoning sound. They follow it through the galaxy, surprised by what they find.

    I love the Quickdraw Animation Lockdown as a way to pump out a complete animation full with sound and local music.

    It was first time compositing Procreate and After Effects for an animated film and I haven’t looked back!! It’s become a staple method for animating.