The detail that jumped out at me first is the layout: the triangular panels sit in a three-armed, rotational pinwheel pattern on the rear wall, and that shape gets used as part of the show itself. When a traveling wave animation rolls around the arms, the geometry makes the motion read far better than a plain grid ever could. It is a smart bit of composition on top of the programming.
The whole installation is synced to an electronic soundtrack, and the goal is that dancing, reacting-to-sound feel. The maker drives it all from Light-O-Rama on a modest PC, timing cues to the BPM of the track. Out of that sequencing come sequenced chases, strobing pulses and dimming effects, plus isolated patterns on individual triangles. The color work covers violet, red, green, yellow, cyan and white, so the palette shifts scene by scene rather than sitting on one look.
What stands out is how the pieces fit together. A DMX cable runs from the computer into the Nanoleaf DMX adapter, a small silver box, and from there into the first panel in the chain. The package being shown off is 9 panels plus that adapter, at $245 for the beta version, and the adapter can handle up to 30 panels. Wash duty falls to Chauvet slimpar 64s and slimpar hex 3s, with two DJ-style counters built from translucent white box plinths completing the stage.
The honest weak spot is sound reactivity: the maker notes that sound reactive modes can get tripped up by volume differences between songs, which is why programming to the BPM seems to be the dependable route here. My hope is that a future show leans even harder on that beat-matched approach.
Project by LightLink. Watch it on their YouTube channel: