As part of an ongoing collaboration with The Windmill Factory, our unique, feather-light, addressable LED technology has found its way into yet another sublime environment.
This time gracing the interior of a centuries old church in Avallon, France, the audio-reactive programming delighted the attendees of the annual Kinnernet Europe conference.
Gamelatron featuring LumiGeek in NYC
The Gamelatron Project and LumiGeek enjoyed a unique collaboration in 2017 at The Chimney art space in Brooklyn.
A canopy of audio-reactive LEDs was draped over a large circular platform for visitors to enjoy the sounds and sights of a Gamelatron installation.
LumiGeek goes to Washington
We are almost beyond words to express our gratitude towards The Smithsonian Renwick for hosting sculptures and photos of numerous artworks that LumiGeek has contributed to over the years.
Our software and hardware will actually be in the museum for a year as part of The Gamelatron Project in the sculpture Bididari, which is named after an Indonesian sprite of the forest. These same gongs were once part of an installation in an Aspen grove at Powder Mountain, Utah for a memorable event.
Over the years, LumiGeek has worked with many of the artists with sculptures and photos of their work are featured in The Renwick. Many congratulations to Aaron Taylor Kuffner, Sean Orlando / 5-Ton Crane, Christopher Schardt, Zack Coffin, Peter Hudson, Michael Christian, David Best, Leo Villareal, and all of the other featured artists that we still have yet to work with.
Special thanks to ATK for including us at the opening night and hosting us in DC for the weekend. See you all at the closing!
Everbright – by Hero Design
The Everbright, by Alan Rorie of Hero Design, is a giant interactive LiteBrite sculpture utilizing 464 turnable custom light engines designed by LumiGeek.
By rotating each cell, users can dial in any color of the rainbow to draw images, random patterns, or designs. An alternate mode allows the Everbright to be controlled remotely, coordinate with other Everbrights, or save and recall drawings. The Everbright inspires creativity and collaboration, engagement, and productivity through refreshing play.
Inquiries: http://www.hero-design.com/everbright/
Tree of Changes – by Yael Braha
Photo by Tex Allen
Tree of Changes, by Yael Braha, is a large-scale interactive sculpture that encourages viewers to step to a microphone and make a wish. Their wish is then visualized rising up through the base and branches of the tree and becoming one of the leaves of the piece. Voice recognition and learning algorithms are used to send particular wish sentiments to individual areas of the tree.
The tree utilizes high density addressable LED strip, high brightness addressable pucks, and custom Max/MSP software.
Shown in 2015 at 111 Minna Gallery, Maker Faire 2015, Market Street Prototyping Faire.
Photos by Tex Allen and Sarah Reiwitch
Balloons on Broadway
Our wireless color-changing LED technology was used in a modern rendition of Romeo and Juliet in the Big Apple!
LumiGeek worked with artist Robert Bose to create a wireless, rechargeable, ultra lightweight circuit board for his massive outdoor balloon chains.
Thanks to collaborator Jon Morris of The Windmill Factory, the balloon boards ended up as a prop in the Broadway show.
Photo by Sara Krulwich
Electric Forest at Summit Series
LumiGeek was commissioned by the Summit Series to create an immersive LED installation at 9,000 feet for their annual Outside gathering on Powder Mountain above Eden, Utah.
The installation consists of 100 strips of addressable LEDs with 90 pixels each, totaling 27,000 individually controllable diodes.
Patterns and colors are video-driven, allowing for more organic, breath-like motion.
Sunrise… again!
Joe Martin piloting a boom lift to install LEDs high above the forest floor.
John Taylor working on code from a trailside couch in the forest.
Insomniac Boombox
As part of a major retrofit to a massive boombox art car, LumiGeek added over 8000 pixels of accent lighting. The addressable LED strip is spatially mapped for playback of video-based patterns and color-schemes. Our professional grade Ethernet-to-Strip drivers – controllable diode-for-diode – is controlling more than on the Bay Lights.
An iPad Mini acts as a remote control allowing the holder to dynamically hue-shift, colorize, strobe, and manipulate video-based content. Custom software and days of arduous pixel-mapping allow mesmerizing patterns to sweep seamlessly across the facade at 30 frames per second.