Tomorrow will be a big day. The opening of the Lightbattle takes place! Everyone is more than welcome to come and create this Epic Challenge of Light. The Lightbattle will take place from December 12th until January 19th in the passage of the Rijksmuseum during the Amsterdam Light Festival.
Lightbattle is an idea ofVENIVIDIMULTIPLEX and is powered by the Rijksmuseum, DHL Express, van der Lee interior and OneEightyOne. We are proud to be part of this unique light installation. The guys from VENIVIDIMULTIPLEXhave asked us to provide the LED lights and control the installation.
The battle
The spectacle draws visitors in close, to experience a play with it like an arcade game. They are challenged to take a seat on one of the ten bicycles positioned on either side of the passage. By peddling on the bicycles, each visitor control their own strip of lights, located on the arch that elegantly spans over the bicycle lane beneath the Rijksmuseum archway. A battle of epic proportions has begun!
Preparations
The lighting system consists of 43 aluminum profiles (black powdercoated), which forms 5 strips consisting of each 7 LED Modules (43x5x7). We used our DigiDot RGB Module B3 (black) in this.
Light animations are projected on the strips with Modules. In this installation we needed 5 x MADRIX Plexus and 6 x Arduino Uno. This is a micro controller programmed by us. The controller ensures the sensors in the bike communicate with the light scenes in MADRIX Plexus. Difficult in this project was adjusting and programming the two controllers (MADRIX Plexus and the Arduino) and the timing to create the right game experience. Team Red and Team Blue are battle against each other.
The one who cycled the color away from the other one at first is the winner. The winner will be rewarded with a light show and the color of the winner will appear on the full strip. If there is no winner within a minute, then the one who has the most revolutions either cycled the greatest distance will win.
Lightbattle is an artwork that uses the energy of its visitors to create a stunning visual experience.
Come and compete in an epic challenge for light! Like us on facebook and follow the Lightbattle!