Monday, November 23, 2015
An airplane fuselage gets transformed into a stunning interstellar light show
sploid.gizmodo.com: Wow. PlayMID’s Porta Estel·lar is a trully stunning visual light show inside an old airplane fuselage. It mimics the concept of interstellar travel, “from departure and takeoff to the sighting of comets, planets, galaxies and alien worlds, until finally returning safe to earth.”
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I'm about to go on an airplane in an hour and I wish this is what i would get to see. The coolest thing for me about this besides the obvious sound and lights effects is that it takes something so familiar and so tedious(airport, security, delays, airplane plastic etc) and brings us back to the way I used to view flying, as something really awesome that we get to experience. Although this is really cool I think there is so much more potential to it. The lights are going with the music and that is a cool effect but its more like a club then an experience for me, if thats what they are going for then thats great. But what if it was a test flight that is going to mars and something unexpected happens and we are transported to another universe, lights would go off, they could really use the windows to their advantage and if they put this whole thing on a motion simulator they would have something really cool. If they toned this down a bit they could also put bar style seats on either side and make a really cool hole in the wall restaurant. Overall i think they have found a really cool venue now i want to see them expand on it.
There are always new and intriguing ways to get the public involved with various interactive events or exhibitions. This one just so happens to involve an airplane fuselage that tours around. Being able to provide an activity like this that is open to the public gives it a more diverse look. It also allows pretty much anyone to enjoy just what a little lighting can do in a somewhat closed atmosphere. Unless you have epilepsy then that might just rule you out of the picture. How often do you get to go and see a light show and be right up close to it. Not all that often. I mean when you do, it might be strung lights that you walk through. Not a fully designed and you could almost say choreographed lighting display. I wonder if this is a more touring exhibition, and if it is, it must be one heck of a journey trying to get it from place to place.
Cool cool! Instillation art is the one of the most difficult but also one the most rewarding forms of art. This one in particular is really cool. They've taken something that is already in rooted in reality, that when walking up the audience sees and realized what type of world that they are entering. The when the show actually starts they are transported to a whole new reality. The are the pilots taking off and landing the plane. They start the sequence and move through the steps. Its this type of immersive theater that I think builds the best bonds between author ( of the project) and the audience, that makes them want to seek out other forms of art and feeds the desire for self enrichment. I'd love to see more f these pod like shows. They really are the best opportunity to express and grow as a performance artist.
This is so cool. I think that it's really neat that they chose to display this show in an airplane shell. This chose certainly added to the experience and I think helped tell the story that they were going for. From watching the video I got the sense that I was traveling through space searching for other worlds and other creatures and I think that if this show were displayed in a simple room, it would not have had the same affect. I think its really cool too, how art like this has the freedom to be displayed in several different spaces. I Think that this opens up the possibilities that this form of art can take on and portray. All of the lights were placed in a way that made the show mobile and helped the audience to get an experience of intergalactic travel even though they were sitting still. I love to learn how art is breaking down barriers and reaching more audiences and I think that this is a perfect example of that.
That is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. The light completely transforms the space into the unknown. From watching the video you forget that you are in an airplane in certain scenes. I think the designers did something very intelligent with this design. By putting a light show in an airplane you are giving yourself a certain aesthetic. Now obviously you don’t have to stay within that aesthetic but it is very satisfying to see a space-y futuristic light show in an airplane. The majority of the light motion moved from the front to the back instead of side to side which feels as though you are traveling forward, I am sure this was an intention. I am also very impressed with the extremely precise design. I have used the LED strips that it looks like they are using but they are controlling individual diodes which is not something I knew you could do so I am very curious what product they used. All in all this was an incredible experience to watch even if it was just on the screen
I’m a huge geek for traveling attractions of any sort, so I am first excited by this work’s aspect of mobility. I think the idea of touring this experience around is so cool, and it even looks badass from the outside! Secondly, I am a huge fan of the designer’s use of an old plane, repurposing the plane for an art piece is a cool way to make something old useful again. The programming of the LEDs is very impressive, and I think they successfully created the types of outer space and interstellar images and environments they intended to. I was especially interested in how the curvature of the body of the plane was used to create effects which bended and wrapped around the space, which was somewhat disorienting and thus very impactful. I think being situated at the back of the plane gives the best effect, so I’m not sure if having a big audience would give the same effect for everyone. Hopefully the creators have considered this in their presentation of the work. Nonetheless, very cool!
The lighting design in this video is amazing. Not only do I love when artists reuse older technology or found resources, but when they are reinvigorated with newer implements like LEDS and given new life it is extremely cool. Even with relatively simple LED tape, the artists behind this piece created some astounding work, only further showing us how its not only the tools, but more importantly the people using them that count. After watching the video several times I'm mostly curious how long it took for the team to program the whole show, considering the specificity of many of the cues. More than anything I think what I found most exciting about this display was how the designers were able to rotate through effects while carefully showing off just enough of their palette that I was engrossed with new effects, but didn't feel like I already knew all their tricks before they were shown. I think this is key for a good event/concert lighting designer as you always want to amaze the audience with something new, but you never want it to get too repetitive. I think these designers were incredibly successful in that sense.
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