lightact project case studies

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Case Study:

Galerizi Interactive Gallery

Galerizi is a small outdoor gallery that uses a unique way of displaying artwork.

BackgroundGalerizi is a tiny little gallery positioned in an outdoor hallway close to the city centre of Ljubljana in Slovenia. The gallery is dedicated primarily to photography exhibitions, which are displayed with the use of backlighting.

The gallery is visible from afar, but only a few people actually venture inside. Enlighter was therefore faced with a challenge on how to attract the visitors without blasting away with the lights and how to engage them with the artwork once they are inside.

The conceptAs is quite common of Enlighter’s recent work, they designed something interactive. The concept breaks away from the usual static appearance of galleries and creates something much more lively and dynamic. This plays well with the location of the gallery, which is very close to the biggest youth cultural centre in Ljubljana called Metelkova.

Enlighter uses motion tracking lighting enabled by a control system of their own making called LightAct. It makes the backlit artworks appear only when there is someone in the vicinity. This creates a

At a glanceLuminaires:

10 white LED backlight panels (each 24W)

LightAct modules:

1 reActor, 2 SmartViews, 2 cameras

Price of the modules:

approx. 2700.00€

Installation costs:

approx. 600.00€ (only LightAct hardware)

Average power consumption:

approx. 120W (50% of the installed load)

Length of the installation:

6,4 meters

Check out the video at

http://youtu.be/HJdU0PmghZ4


unique type of a gallery where the visitors (re)create the layout of the exhibition with every step they make. It adds another layer of experience for the visitors (and also makes the kids run around in laughter when the artworks follow them). When there is no one in the gallery the artworks gently fade in and out, thus inviting visitors closer.

You are kindly invited to check out a short yet very inspiring video of the motion tracking lighting.

Credits:Motion tracking lighting: LightAct SystemsExhibition photographs: Janez MaroltPhotographs in this press release: Janez Marolt


Schematic

Standard video coaxial cable (max 20m)

Cameras are installed above the installation



Ethernet cable for power and data (max 15m)

Ethernet cable for DMX signal (standard pin-out)

White LED lights with DMX drivers. There are 10 individually controlled lights in the installation.

Third-party


Installed in a dry place



12V power supply

~ 220V

Case study:

Interactive LightBoxes

Interactive LightBoxes is a lighting installation by LightAct featuring 6 light boxes that respond to people’s movements

The conceptInteractive Lightboxes is installed in LightAct headquarters in the center of Ljubljana, Slovenia. As it is a relatively dark street we wanted to create something that would blend into the environment while at the same time attract the visitors and encourage them to interact with the installation.

We designed an interactive lighting scheme where the lightboxes play around by themselves’ in a lifelike pattern when there is noone in the vicinity. That alerts the approaching people that there is something happening there. However when the visitor approaches the light suddenly moves towards him and starts to follow him. This creates a beautiful movement of light that suddenly becomes much more ‘alive’ . You can check out the video of the installation on our YouTube channel.

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6 RGB LED backlight panels (each approx 30W)

LightAct modules:

1 reActor, 2 SmartViews, 2 cameras


approx. 2700.00€

Installation costs:

approx. 700.00€ (only LightAct hardware)




5 meters


http://youtu.be/QlUE5qlJw0A

Schematic


RGB LED lights with DMX drivers. There are 6individually controlled lights in the installation.

Third-party

12V power supply

~ 220V










Case study:

Goražde 2012

Goražde 2012 is a demo installation for a bridge in Bosnia and Hercegovina.

The concept and solutionDuring the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina in the 90s, the town of Goražde was under heavy attack for several months. The bridge over Drina river was repeatedly under sniper attack, which was preventing the inhabitants to cross the river safely. The inhabitants managed to build a small suspended path under the bridge so they were protected from snipers when crossing the river.

In 2012 a team of Slovenian architects proposed a transformation of this path into an exhibition area dedicated to these wartime years. It was suggested the lighting of the posters and other exhibits should be interactive so that the lights would slowly switch on only when someone approached it. This would in turn create an interplay of light, people, movement, darkness and life.

In 2013 LightAct was approached by the architects to create a demo installation where the concept would be presented. We used a wooden slab approximately 8m long where we installed 6 LED luminaires generously provided by Hella Saturnus. They were dimmable with 1-10V protocol.

In addition to the above we used 1 reActor, 1 SensorView, 4 motion detectors and 1 converter from DMX to 1-10V.

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6 white LED luminaires with 1-10V dimming. (35W each)

LightAct modules:

1 reActor, 1 SensorView, 4 motion sensors


approx. 2100.00€




8 meters


http://youtu.be/TBWPHqBCYgM

Schematic


4 channel DMX to 0-10V converter

4 channel DMX to 0-10V converter

6 white LED lights with 0-10V dimming.

Third-party

12V power supply

~ 220V

2-wire alarm connection




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