Set-Design

Background and Outcome This lighting installation was a fever dream by L. that I scrutinized every step of the way. Two weeks of near-daily workshopping by L., J., N., and myself resulted in an installation that was perhaps the most synergistic we’ve ever created together. Concept: a laser projects onto objects that diffuse light down onto the dance floor. We ended up using IR LEDs inside paper lanterns as the objects, arranged in a traditional calder mobile construction to form a sculpture. On the ground we used a camera with an IR filter, MadMapper, and Resolume to provide visual output to a laser which projected onto the sculpture. ...

most of the hard work here was done by L. who implemented the extremely well-engineered lights and our rigger J. who set up the tree rigging, but i refined some alternatives with a 3d scan of the site and advised on what dimensions i thought would feel good for the dancers. (note to self: the physical-bottleneck “trap” of the front of the dj booth is not to be repeated!) ...

As of this writing, imo this is the best hydra set i’ve ever done. mapped to a rollup door behind the dj booth i don’t have a recording since this was a last-minute idea (about an hour before, f. asked me to do visuals), but i followed my constraints well (monochrome, minimal, all visuals would be derived from the fft spectrum, an emphasis on linearity), showed restraint in letting ideas play out rather than shift too jarringly, clearly demonstrated the idea to the audience, and felt embodied enough with the music that i really enjoyed myself. i was really happy with the result. ...

i wanted to experiment with mylar and reflections for this shoot. i also had a full narrative that i thought could make for a serial story made of images, but we didn’t have time to implement this (also the lightbars’ structure did not allow them to be in a proper portal like my design). ![]/(images/Untitled_Artwork-4-1024x768.png) i felt like the resulting shots lacked intention as a result, but it’s to be expected given that we rushed the whole thing due to mason’s availability. he showed up at the prepared set, and we then started shooting on the floor without much discussion about concept. we got a few visually striking shots. ...

candlelit-altar-with-portal-in-bg concept-art-1-mo-prior impact-portal-with-figure × Press Escape to close. Use Arrow Left and Arrow Right to navigate between images. i did multiple site visits, including a tech test installing the portal and lights, to flesh out the design for this techno renegade. my goal was to divide the enormous available space to define a dancefloor and incorporate the concept of a portal that visitors could pass through to transport themselves into the mindset for the event. ...

Performed for Supervoid (Vena Cava), a virtual set mid-pandemic. The visuals were extremely improvised but I was surprised with how well they came out. I designed Faited’s costume and rigging setup (she is performing this set at 10’, standing on a bar chair, draped with a black aerial silk, while her decks are on 2 spansets anchored to a board hanging from a single point). I wasn’t planning to do visuals because I was performing in the same show about an hour before, but once I had finished my set I realized I really wanted to embellish her performance. ...