Performance Installation

PIXEL FOREST

"What is this... it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen... I think I'm going to quit my job. I want to make things that matter." SXSW passerby in tears

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Description

81 wirelessly controlled LED balloons create a floating pixel forest, an outdoor canopy of balloons. The installation is voice activated live by Leah Siegel of Leisure Cruise -- her beautiful voice echoing like a choir of angels. Dressed in white, she walks through the forest painting the balloons with her voice. Wind patterns reveal as the balloons shift simultaneously like a school of fish, a flock of birds, or cattails blowing in the wind. As the wind settles the balloons rise again to reveal a strict grid of light, a pixelated video screen which showcases dynamic color patterns, gradients, and washes. Visitors are escorted into the forest and lay among the stars like orbs of light.

SXSW, Burning Man, Kinnernet Europe, and Maui, Hawaii.

Concept and Direction by Jon Morris

Produced by Jon Morris

PIXEL FOREST

"What is this... it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen... I think I'm going to quit my job. I want to make things that matter." SXSW passerby in tears

Description

Concept and Direction by Jon Morris

Produced by Jon Morris

Wireless LED Technology by Lumigeek

Performance by Leah Siegel

Lighting Design by John Taylor

Balloon Wrangler Robert Bose

Rigging by Anthony Vitale, Dave Pakenham

Build by Anthony Vitale, Dave Pakenham, Robert Bose, John Taylor, Joe Joe Martin, Derrick Jones, Rachel Veroff, and Leah Siegel

Photography: Aaron Rogosin

Special Thanks to Rachel Veroff, Brittany Guy, Chris Sonnier, and SXSW Eco Light Garden.

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