Another Love Story / 2023
Allegory of an LED wall
An interactive LED wall built around shadows, colour, and movement. A Kinect tracked people in front of the wall while Fadecandy boards drove LEDs behind rows of ballpit balls.
What Was Used
- Large wooden LED wall frame
- 672 ballpit balls as diffusers
- Addressable LEDs
- Fadecandy LED controllers
- Kinect depth camera
- Computer running tracking code
- Weather-conscious power setup
- Updated paint and stand in later version
Notes
The piece was inspired by Plato's cave allegory. Instead of shadows being controlled by outside forces, the audience creates and controls their own coloured shadow on the wall.
Later Tests
The later version grew to roughly 300cm wide by 200cm high, used more LEDs, gained a better stand, and made better use of the bottom row.
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