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I’ve known the slowdanger duo for some years now. During a recent residency with them and Bill Shannon. We had time to talk about a future collab. I sent them this video of moving shadows. (gif now).
They liked the idea and wanted it to be portable for touring. I tossed around some ideas but a series of spinning lights seemed impractical. I had some RGB LED strips laying around and after a few night experiments that are too embarrassing to post, I built a giant ring to test. The 50′ circumference ring breaks down into 10x 5′ segments with quick connectors. The whole kit can fit into the trunk of a car and can run off a Raspberry Pi and pixel controller.
The first day I got it up and running, I was almost trampled over by the office dog.
Our original launch date was sometime in the spring, but a show came up at the Wood Street galleries, and they asked if I could slap it together in time. It’s still a work in progress, but one that is fun to play with. Similar to the theater, it looks even better in person and hard to capture on camera. Take a peek; we hope to do more with it soon!
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The prototype had enough shows that it’s now time for Version 2. Here’s a couple of work in progress photos. Thanks to support from The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University.
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2019-ish year end review? – Projectile Objects · January 28, 2020 at 12:35 pm
[…] describe it. It is a project spearheaded by the multidisciplinary duo of slowdanger. A while ago I built an LED ring for the dangers to perform under. The project grew organically and went from 15-minute performances […]
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