Video documentation of exhibit piece created by Bernardo Pantoja for Ceti Lab
Liberty Ship Project
Constellations - Ceti Institute Immersive Art Show - April 2025
– GAP Gallery, Portland, OR
Overview:
Created Liberty Ships, a projection-mapped installation telling the story of my great-grandmother’s move to Portland during WWII to work in the shipyards. The video combined motion graphics, historical images, maps, and music, projected onto a tabletop and around a 3D-printed liberty ship model.
Role: Lead Designer
Scope: Projection-mapped video installation, 3D-printed model, motion graphics
As part of the Constellations exhibition hosted by the CETI Institute, I created Liberty Ships, a projection-mapped video installation exploring my great-grandmother’s journey from Minnesota to Portland during World War II to work in the shipyards as a Rosie the Riveter–era laborer. The piece combined motion graphics, historical photographs, archival video clips, maps, and music, projected onto a white tabletop surface and around a 3D-printed model of a liberty ship.
The installation was conceptualized, designed, and executed within a two-week timeframe for the exhibition. I hope to expand this project in the future, developing the concept further and exploring new ways to blend personal history with immersive digital storytelling.
