The Future Beats Stage was one of three stages we curated at the Urban Art Forms Festival. We provided the construction, electronics and operation of the “Kryptonite Stage”. It consisted of a gigantic diamond covered in LED strips that doubled as a DJ tower. Behind the diamond was a full length LED wall (curated by 4youreye). We created generative and audio-reactive content for the diamond. As the Future Beats Stage was centered on drum’n’bass & dubstep, we were honored to play with such legends as I Am Legion, Rusko and Andy C.

    We also provided Andromeda & Perseus, our LED installation with icosahedrons. The huge stars loomed above the audience, adding to the geometric atmosphere of the stage.

Technical Details

For the Kryptonite Stage we used a single Teensy 3.1 as a controller. Using an OctoWS2811 Adapter, we had 8 outputs that were attached to the LED strips on the edges of the structure. The LEDs were then mapped in custom software* and content was created with a Max/MSP patch. The LED strip we used were individually controllable WS2812b 60LED/m strips.

Hardware:
Teensy 3.1
WIZ812 Ethernet Adapter
OctoWS2811 Adapter
WS2812b LED strip
8 x 5v 30A switching power supply

 

*I might add though, that this is no longer necessary as it can also be achieved with Mad Mapper’s plugin MAD Light

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