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Sputnik @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. Conceived, designed and built to support Public Service Broadcasting’s. Race For Space album and tour. Sputnik pneumatically rises from the stage slowly and hovers over the band for the length of the show. Sputnik is based on the design of the original Soviet satellite. For those interested, the tech chain at the heart of Sputters’ glowing little soul is video Resolume Madmapper DMX Artnet Enttec Pixellator a lot of hand soldered WS2812 pixels. Stephen Peters also at Gtec f...
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City Wedding @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. Pale and classic uplighting in the dining room, party lights in the party room, projection mapped details throughout, a prop-filled photobooth that streams guests photos to picture frames on the wall, and a boat load of fairy lights, ivy and flowers. That’s a city wedding. We specified all the equipment, decor, lighting and palette, then installed and operated through the night. Downstairs ready for the wedding breakfast:. Upstairs ready for dancing:. Discuss an event,.
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OogaChooga @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. Residing in a hidden corner of this stately home, OogaChooga was created to meet the festival theme of ‘lost kingdoms’. He comes alive and gives festival goers dares when two people hold his brass orbs and kiss. Or shake hands. Or high five. But usually kiss. See OogaChooga in action:. And his brief but exciting design process:. Click here to cancel reply. Email(will not be published). Discuss an event,. Commission a design: gerred@departmentofbrilliant.com.
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Living Wage Promotion @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. This project was to help promote Living Wage Week. Islington Town Hall was brought to life with the Living Wage brand and messaging. The installation enjoyed good press coverage and the attention of many local residents and shoppers on this busy high street. Many thanks indeed to:. Lucy Hearn and the team at Hitachi for helping with the project. Sarah Vero at the Living Wage Foundation. Zoe Gilbert and Inara Khan at Islington Council. Click here to cancel reply.
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Augmented Dance Performance @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. For the production pictured here, part of the 2012 Resolution festival, we produced high definition original content including animated hand illustrations and green-screened video footage. This was projection mapped to stage furniture that we had designed and built, and then played out live, sequenced with stage lighting and choreographed with the performers movements. Discuss an event,. Commission a design: gerred@departmentofbrilliant.com. Department of Brilliant Twitter.
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Cock & Bull Festival @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. Cock & Bull Festival. For the ‘Almost Farmous’ themed festival (think – “The Notorious P.I.G”, “Christian Bale”, and X-Factors’ “Simon Cow”), this red carpet installation allowed guests to appear on the front page of a variety of tabloid exposés, while the nearby piggy paparazzi snapped their cameras. Functioning as a Photo Booth at the back of the main stage at the terrific Cock and Bull. The design is 100% hay proof. Click here to cancel reply. Email(will not be published).
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Interactive Landscape @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. Working under the creative vision of the mighty Polyphant. Commissioned by Secret Arts. We brought a shimmering immaterial maze into the woods at Glade Festival. Engaging enough during the day, the installation came to life at night with generative colour washes, projection mapping and hidden features that could be found by exploring the maze. We are almost confident that everyone that entered made it out…. Discuss an event,. Department of Brilliant Twitter.
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Internet of Tings (version 0.8) @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. Internet of Tings (version 0.8). The Internet of Tings (version 0.8) celebrates the increasing connectivity in the world. Four musical triangles are struck when a variety of events happen elsewhere in the world. The project name is, of course, a riff of the concept of the ‘ Internet of Things. Some changes I made as the project developed: I abandoned the connection to Xively. Working was a real pain but good on them for opening it up to amateurs like me at all. I initia...
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Magic Wall @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. The Magic Wall is a portable video performance installation, suitable for adding visual pazzaz to DJs or bands, or can also be used to present other types of content for corporate events using a variety of interactive audience controllers. It has been on an active tour of duty since 2008. Starting life at our very own immersive vintage knees-up Smashed Up Soiree. It has since been seen out on the road in the UK and Europe with the impeccable White Mink. Set Up / Installation.
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Octacycle @ Department of Brilliant
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About Department of Brilliant. As the cyclist pedals, the Octacycle comes alive and generates a random animated instruction from its bank of options. Based on the Magic 8 Ball. Concept, this audience or performer’s prop injects a random factor into any event. We first used the Octacycle to prompt dance sequences at Needlefoot’s. Site specific dance piece for Orleans House Gallery’s. Museums at Night programme. Discuss an event,. Commission a design: gerred@departmentofbrilliant.com.
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