Basilika Projection Mapping

The State Textile and Industry Museum »tim« in Augsburg is a wonderful place to dive into the worldwide history of the textile industry. Fashion always has been a big thing in the history of mankind but the conditions for the workers have been and still are pretty questionable: Sweat, blood, dust, noise, chemicals, mechanical power and lots more of raw materials are processed in huge numbers. An abandoned building called »Basilika« is one of the last remaining, not yet affected by the gentrification, contemporary witnesses of a time when Augsburg was a big player in the textile industry and it is placed vis-a-vis the »tim«. In the context of an artist intervention for the fifth anniversary of the museum we created an audiovisual installation for this building. The performance show takes about 10 minutes and is divided into two very opposed parts: The first part interpretes aspects of the production process, is black and white and pretty noisy. It is controlled in realtime by an original punch card that normally is used to weave a towel with the lettering »Made in Augsburg« on a loom. The second part is colorful, enjoyable and with a very contemporary style even though the footage are patterns of cloth from 1806 to 1988 which we digitalized for the project. For the sounddesign we use samples of original weaving machines and analog synthesizers. The artwork tries to illustrate the schizophrenia of the industry that is still pervasive although far away for most of us. 

Infinity Portal of Light Art

Visual installation Machine du Moulin Rouge - Paris 01.02 | 2015 Design: IF | Cinzia Campolese & Erminio Serpente.

A-Trak & Lex Luger deranged city

A travel to a deranged city. A city immersed in chaos, bad publicity and broken souls. Directed by Nathaniel Brown & Gustavo Torres. 2014.

Gmunk + TrueCar L.E.D.

The Santa Monica Pier is a magical place. The sprawling ocean. The Ferris Wheel. The sights and sounds of the people there. There’s a familiarity to it, a closeness, and this feeling is only magnified during its annual Twilight Concert Series. This concert series is all about community, and Munkowitz and the team wanted to tap into that. They wanted to bring the space to life through a lighting universe where everything is interconnected, evoking a sense of warmth and tranquility, drawing the entire audience closer together.The resulting experience is to be driven by the attendees, their participation expressed visually as data in the form of vibrant pulsing lights, creating a unified visual language that permeates through the entire pier. It’s an immersive, interactive environment that not only will make the attendees feel that they experienced something special, but that they shared something with others, too. Just as TrueCar uses user data to price cars, we use our audience’s data to drive this unique lighting experience. THE TREATMENT Our unifying theme is community, imagining vibrant images of fire and light synced with the signature sounds from the concert stage. The experience harkens back to a campfire, where we would stay warm and bonded close together in front of the flame, feeling like we were part of a larger group. This warming entity would comprise a Lighting Universe which would create one cohesive experience, with every light acting as one pulse, driven by the Centerpiece... The Centerpiece, in turn, is driven by the audience. An attendee interacts with the Centerpiece, which then pulses light and color throughout the entire installation creating a sense of warmth for the pier community.The Centerpiece is much like a beating heart, with the installation being the body all around it. The heart emanates outwards to all the other lights, setting color themes and pulse states. This will all heighten the overall vibe and feeling for the audience. But to be clear, this is not EDM, with overwhelming sensory overload. Instead, our theme will mimic the concert’s vibe. It will be a chill, warm, pleasant experience that makes you feel like you’re a part of something together. At its core, this is an audience-driven experience. Every light pulse emanates from the attendees’ data, making it a truly immersive and interactive experience for everyone participating in the Santa Monica Pier Concert Series. 

1.3 miles of pixel tape 66,000 Leds. Impressive.

CIRCUS ILLUSIONS - Pop-Up Exhibition

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CIRCUS ILLUSIONS
A Pop-Up Exhibition by David B Anthony

One Night Only
Saturday September 12, 2015
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

The Rose Room
6 Rose Ave Venice, CA 90291
Art, Music, Fun located on Venice Beach behind the Venice Ale House

The Field of Sound Installation

"Field of Sound" translates sound waves into motion. Just like a field of barley waiving in the wind, thousands of illuminated stems move to the sound of music. The motion is created by a control mechanism, hidden in the base of the installation.

Artist Manipulates a Universe of Light and Sound with a Single Balloon

SIX DRAWINGS is a short instrumental audiovisual performance where a percussionist uses an amplified balloon as an audiovisual instrument. With a contact microphone and a MIDI pedal for effect, the performer explores different techniques to generate sounds (grinding, strokes, bubbles or breathing) and visuals in order to create a unique audiovisual composition. Sound reactive generative visuals (gives the illusion the public to be inside the instrument, inside the baloon. 

Interactive installation synchronized with sound and silhouettes

WIDE/SIDE exhibition at GNRation gallery João Martinho Moura. WIDE / SIDE, which represents the body, inter-connected, whose silhouette is captured by sensors, promoting immersive experiences, using fast light beams projected in a number of vertical bars that form a kinetic sculpture prepared specifically for GNRation Gallery space. The body is represented digitally in an abstract space and generatively changed in time. The interaction is synchronized with sound atmospheres, which react to the lines generated by the silhouettes, and their movement.