The Golden Age

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The Golden Age

To mark the 4th leap year anniversary of autopilot, we created visual promos each giving insight into our journey. The journey started in 2004 with a series of exhibitions of live music and visual art collaborations. We then launched Spoilt Ideas in 2008 and our social media experiments in 2012. Finally, the design for 2016 talks about the present and how we continue to create and share art that defines our time. This led to the celebration and the re-launch of the studio, in collaboration with 1 Shanthi Road.

12 March, 2016

The Photo Booth

Tropical plants, a totem-like sculpture and an antique chair set the stage for the hullabaloo that is brewing. The projections of our animated warriors shift in and out of shadows as soft lights toy with the ambience. Our audience walk in - “Be Golden or wear a beard” says one of the Golden Guides. Our impromptu models take position. Armed with a camera, the Station Master takes aim and blasts his flash. The first part of the Grand Tour has now begun.

"As the music plays in the background, he narrates of a past time and captures the present. He talks about how photo-projections and music, laid the foundation for autopilot in its early years (2004). He is the Station Master of the Photo Booth. The models are in place, the Golden Elixir is being passed around. By midnight, all animals have been captured. The images take form within the dark room. While processing, development and quality tests come to pass on multiple screens, only the best compositions of darkness and vivid expressions make the cut."

Merchandise

The featured pictures are some of the ingredients we created for our studio launch celebration. To begin the journey, the Golden Ticket was presented to each individual that attended the show. The Grand Tour, which was led by our Golden Guides and Station Masters, featured the Photo Booth, The Recorder, Gyaan Room and the Swing Session. To round up the extravagance, limited edition bags were handed out as giveaways. The bounty: goodies in the form of chocolates, the gold edition sticker, a notebook and our cards.