PERCEPTUAL ENGINEERING

Perceptual Engineering affects how people experience the world through visual effects, motion graphics and live projects


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Jon Baxter
jon@perceptual.engineering
+64 21 529 837

6 Central Road, Kingsland, Auckland
NEW ZEALAND

World Expo, Dubai

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
October 2021 – April 2022

The Aotearoa New Zealand Pavilion sat within the Sustainability District at Expo 2020 Dubai. The pavilion’s theme, Care for People and Place, is based on the concept of kaitiakitanga – the connection between people and the natural environment. The theme was inspired by the world-first status given to the Whanganui River by legislation that recognised it as a living and indivisible whole, with the rights of a person: Ko au te Awa, ko te Awa ko au – I am the river, the river is me.

We collaborated with Creative Director Karl Johnstone and Workshop E to deliver an immersive, multi-sensory visitor experience that showcases the nation’s spirit of innovation and technical production. As visitors entered the pavilion their body interacts with and displaces projected particles, illustrating the impact of humans on the natural world. Next, a large rock from Mount Tongariro, selected from the source of the Whanganui River, is surrounded by falling water and imbued with the river’s mauri (life principle) – its pulse emanates within and outside the building.

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The Trip
Les Mills International
Spark 5G Race Zone
Installation at Viaduct, Auckland
All Blacks Experience
Installation at Sky City, Auckland
World Expo, Dubai
New Zealand Pavilion
Comvita Wellness Lab
Installation in Auckland
Beyond Binary - Spark
TV Commercial
Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony
Live Event at Eden Park
Nga Hau
Wellington Musuem
Rhian Sheehan - A Quiet Divide
NZ Tour
NZ Pavilion
Frankfurt Bookfair
Samsung 9 Seconds of Power
Activation at Britomart
Jasmax Manifesto
Launch Event
Splore DJ Zone
Live Visuals
Mapping Aotearoa
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Echoes
Christchurch Airport
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Pleasure Dome
Musical
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NZ Parliament, Wellington
Toyota Prius "Harmony"
TV Commercials
Square Dance Discotheque
Bright Nights Light Festival
David Jones AW18
Sydney Fashion Show
An Interactive Earth
Splore, Dowse Gallery, Pah Gallery
BNZ Interactive Storefront
BNZ Queen St
A Trip into the Nature of Being
Nelson Light Festival
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