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Light Collider at Day for Night 2015
gabriel pulecio

Light Collider

Display and audio software for an eight foot kinetic LED sculpture.

artist
Gabriel Pulecio
exhibition
Day for Night festival, Houston TX, curated by Alex Czetwertynski
role
Engineering, Software Development
year
2015 (updated 2018)
type
Interactive and Kinetic LED sculpture, LED display system

Gabriel Pulecio built Light Collider for Day for Night 2015, an eight foot kinetic LED sculpture that rotates as an infinite spiral.

The 8 foot rotating sculpture, composed of 240 pieces
The 8 foot rotating sculpture, composed of 240 pieces
Light Collider LED loop Light Collider LED loop
Installation at Day for Night, Houston TX
Installation at Day for Night, Houston TX

the 2018 update

In 2018 the sculpture moved to a permanent installation, and I updated it to run unattended. The original setup needed a laptop running Touch Designer feeding a proprietary LED driver. I replaced the driver and ported the to Python running directly on a Raspberry Pi.

at the laptop in front of the acrylic modules, mid-build
working on the playback system

techniques

links

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Gabriel Pulecio, artist and installation shots · Fabio Piparo, engineering and software