Anamorphic illusions rely on centuries-old perspective tricks, and by the time this project was conceived, landmarks like Times Square and Shinjuku crossing had already adapted these techniques for 3D cats and flying astronauts on their curved billboards. However, skewing real-world footage—and alone doing so live with an actor interacting with pedestrians below—seemed to us an entirely novel concept then.

The process began by acquiring the billboard aspect ratio, from which a transparent scale model was built in the studio. Performance footage was captured from the exact angle of the street-level spectator and unwrapped into a rectangular frame. When played back on the billboard, the flattened video reconstructed the optical illusion of depth.

Prior to Singapore Art Week, the work’s first public appearance featured live bidirectional interaction. A return monitor directly in front of the camera allowed the performer to see the street in real-time and react to passerbys. The performance feed was captured live and skewed in real time via MadMapper.