Bryan Azar of ILIOS Lighting Design used 300 ÉPIX Strip 2.0 units with domes to create a stunning impression inside the abandoned building for Samsung Galaxy Life Fest during SXSW 2016. Most of the 1m strips were mounted on the ceiling to form a chevron pattern over the dance floor. The remaining strips were used to created lines and borders around the on-stage truss lines.
A star-studded event, the Samsung Galaxy Life Fest featured performances by a mix of artists that included The Strokes, The Arcs, 2-Chainz & Lil Wayne, Public Enemy, Sia, Elle King, & Santigold. Pixel mapped custom media graphics displayed on the ÉPIX Strip 2.0, along with color changes, chases and strobes, created a vibrant setting that matched the musical firepower on stage.
"They really made the venue complete," said Azar of the ÉPIX products. "The room itself is a concrete shell. Nothing visually intriguing. By blacking out the room and creating a floating chevron array and bordering the truss lines, we created a depth of field and anti-gravity like feeling. The ÉPIX strips made the room savvy, sexy, modern, sleek, and very energetic. Plus they animated the room whenever the mood called for this kind of look."
The ILIOS design team used a Hippotizer Media Server for pixel mapping. The rig was controlled with a grandMA2. Speaking of the ÉPIX Strip 2.0, he noted, "The pixel pitch is the perfect range; the brightness is good, and the colour rendering is even from fixture to fixture. Having the flexibility to treat the ÉPIX as a fixture or a video element makes it ultimately versatile for a project like this one."
(Jim Evans)
