Large Scale Light Art (Series)
Back by popular demand! Learn how to control robotic lights, theatrical dimmer units and addressable RGB LEDs! Participants will explore different ways of controlling sample lighting units (provided) using Arduino, Processing, and openFrameworks, and will consider ways that a small breadboard circuit can be scaled up to a large artwork. We will have samples of many different types of lighting fixtures to control, and discuss ways that you can create your own lighting fixtures.
Dates: Thursdays April 21 and April 28
Time: 7pm-10pm
Registration Fee: CLASS IS FULL. $90 With Annual Studio/Workshop Pass (see below); $120 Regular Price
Material Fee: None.
What, if any, prerequisite knowledge should students have? While no actual prerequisite knowledge is required, familiarity with Processing and/or Arduino IDEs would be an asset. We recommend checking the tutorials here in advance to make the most of your 6 hours of workshop time.
Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePage
Processing: https://processing.org/tutorials/
What to Bring: Laptop. Preferably Mac OSX, but participants can also use a PC. If you have an Arduino board, please bring it. If not, boards will be provided.
What to Install in Advance:
Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Processing: https://processing.org/
About the Instructor: Nathan Whitford is the cofounder and director of Urban Visuals, a multi-disciplinary studio founded in Vancouver in 1994 and now based in Toronto and London, England. Urban Visuals creates a wide variety of interactive installations and public art works that span corporate and artistic sectors. Nathan Whitford’s recent light-based art installations include Shy Lights (Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, 2014), Good Bones (Come Up To My Room, Toronto, 2014), lightbridge (Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, 2013), 125 Steps (Vancouver 125, Vancouver, 2011), and lightmodal (Surrey, BC, 2011). His work has also been featured at Vancouver’s 2010 Cultural Olympiad and Illuminate Yaletown (2009, 2011, 2012) and Ottawa’s Winterlude (2013). More details at www.urbanvisuals.com