Klip Collective | Electric Desert / Canal Convergence

As part of the Electric Desert experience, Klip Collective sought to create a unique sculptural installation that departed from project mapping. I was responsible for formulating and executing a development and programming plan. I assembled Adafruit’s Neopixels (strips of individually addressable LEDs) inside diffusion bars to create a neon effect. These I fastened to the steel frame of the crystal. To control the patterns and animations the lights displayed, I wired the bars to a FastLED chip, which then interfaced with GeoPix. GeoPix is a software built in TouchDesigner (a node based visual programming language) that I pixel mapped the LEDs to. I edited and customized the GeoPix software backend in TouchDesigner to better suit the projects needs, adding new features including for map and source feed locking, sound synchronization, and video playback control. I fabricated two of these sculptures, one for Electric Desert and one for Canal Convergence.