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lights on is an audio visual performance created for the Ars Electronica museum in Linz, Austria, which has a facade that contains 1085 LED controllable windows. The windows' colors are changed in realtime with music that's broadcasted on speakers surrounding the building.

visuals coded in openframeworks by zachary lieberman, joel gethin lewis and damian stewart (yesyesno). music by daito manabe, with support from Taeji Sawai and Kyoko Koyama. we made this in three days :)

the performance is approximately 10 minutes long. this is an edit. also, we've recorded the output from the software (audio / OSC) and this performance can be replayed in the future for events, etc.

special thanks to the awesome ars electronica / futurelab crew, (maria, wolfgang, andreas, ramsay, horst, gerfried, maff, christopher and everyone else), also iris mayer, carolina vallejo, and rhizomatiks for helping make this possible. also a huge thanks to the excellent technicians Multivision who installed this system: is.gd/BnCy. some info about the install here: is.gd/BkP2

openframeworks.cc / daito.ws / frey.co.nz / joelgethinlewis.com / aec.at
  • stefanix 2 years ago
    make those LEDs dance! right on!
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  • very nice!
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  • Dr. Woohoo! 2 years ago
    it's so beautiful!
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  • ayah bdeir 2 years ago
    so good!
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  • Memo Akten plus 2 years ago
    that is hot!
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  • The Lemurian Seed 2 years ago
    all buildings should do this.
  • neurospike 2 years ago
    Actually. This comment freaks me out! After living in linz since the new AEC has opened, the thought of all buildings looking like this would be the most horrific schizo visual pollution to live with. One is more than enough. Not to say that the project is not great!
  • Spirit of Space plus 2 years ago
    ask mark summers might ask from Double Dare "Are you ready to take the physical challenge": We realize that this building is pretty much doing a solo performance, and you as a potential film maker???
    It would really be a blessing if you could find some time to show how this endowment of light programming is truly "more than enough" (we imagine showing how people deal with this spectacle over time) and plus we just don't get enough video responses to comments.

    We really appreciate you taking the time to think deeper into the critique that others are leaving to instigate the debate. This is what is beautiful about our Vimeo Community!
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  • rlcoolastic 2 years ago
    awesome!

    -rl
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  • Josh Eisenberg 2 years ago
    That was amazing and awesome. Good work guys.
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  • Erdem Yildirimer 2 years ago
    programming the working fixtures is not a big deal…the real job is installing addressing and making those fixtures work.I congratulate harware engineers and workers in this project, not the software artists.
    edit: after a good explanation and giving the engineers value they deserved, I think I should congratulate also the software artists.
  • zach lieberman plus 2 years ago
    hmm -- actually it was pretty hard both to do this, and to make it have some elegance / be more then just a "light show" type thing... And we did have to fix *alot* of bugs with the system along the way, since we were the first ones to use it.

    but you are right, the folks that did the install deserve a proper shot out and I've added some thanks in the credits.

    also, deserving of big props is ars electronica, which had the thought to open this up to artists and design a simple protocol for controlling this thing. I think you will see alot of other folks making things with it for years to come.
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  • zach lieberman plus 2 years ago
    thanks everyone for the good feedback !!
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  • Hye Yeon Nam plus 2 years ago
    cool!
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  • djmichaelalex 2 years ago
    beautiful! awesome work. i <3 it!
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  • Sunny Thaper 2 years ago
    Rad stuff! Love it.
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  • SplicedMedia.com plus 2 years ago
    awesome vid
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  • blprnt 2 years ago
    Great job, guys.
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  • Myri Beutelspacher 2 years ago
    cada experimento te amo más!
  • zach lieberman plus 2 years ago
    :) super nice to hear from you. greetings to everyone in .mx !
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  • Theo Watson plus 2 years ago
    SUPER DOPE - Instant classic!
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  • Addie Wagenknecht 2 years ago
    nice zach. good work by the crew!
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  • moka plus 2 years ago
    Yeah rockn roll dude!
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  • Rui Madeira 2 years ago
    amazing!!!!
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  • lian 2 years ago
    very cool!
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  • H. 2 years ago
    beautiful!!!
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  • Mahir M. Yavuz 2 years ago
    hey zach, this is very good edit of the performance.
    very cool.
  • zach lieberman plus 2 years ago
    thanks so much, and huge thanks to all the folks at Ars FL who helped with footage / logistics / everything. hope to see you in linz if you're there in june.
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  • lukasz plus 2 years ago
    wow, that must have been amazing.
    that's a visualists dream to be able to control so many LEDs all at once.
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  • Adriana de Barros 2 years ago
    Featured at Scene 360 Illusion (illusion.scene360.com)
  • zach lieberman plus 2 years ago
    thanks much for the add!
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  • Zail Thornton 2 years ago
    What a nice work! Hope you let us see more of.
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  • Snowy Monkey 2 years ago
    First I've seen of this - very impressive. Wish I'd seen it live....
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  • Julian Oliver plus 2 years ago
    Fine work Zach (+u too Damian!)

    Congrats also to the electrician(s) - that's one big switch array..
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  • Emrah Gunduz plus 2 years ago
    mesmerizing...
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  • vj_waky 2 years ago
    Very cool..
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  • breedx 2 years ago
    Well done guys!

    Not to discredit, just to point out -- I'm pretty sure this was a software install done in 3 days. The hardware and software framework (eg. addressability) came with the space...that's the real win.
  • zach lieberman plus 2 years ago
    yes -- it's an amazing framework. other artists will be able to do stuff with it for years to come....

    thanks!
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  • Kürşat 2 years ago
    Good Work Guys ! No Point On Comment.
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  • Miktor 2 years ago
    That is truly amazing. It's really beautiful... I'm stunned by this magnificent piece of art, led's sure are some of the wonders of the world today. We need to use them more for everyday use though.
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  • João Monteiro 2 years ago
    beautiful!
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  • Vygantas 2 years ago
    Anyone got soundtracks?
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  • kyle mirro 1 year ago
    I love big light projects, this is truly beautiful
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  • sipos szimonetta 1 year ago
    Nagyon király lett az épület ezzel a kis világítással;)
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  • Sam.m 1 year ago
    awsome!!!!! love itttt !!!
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  • ignon plus 1 year ago
    Have you ever played Guitar Hero on a 5100m² LED facade (at AEC Linz)? We did!!! Here's the proof:
    vimeo.com/17045165
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