Ideas need developing further, but mostly tonight we discussed these as potential for Todmorden Lamplighter Parade:-
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Electroluminescent wire: 1 or more lengths could be draped around a figure, eg a few lead drummers. It also lends itself to long exposure photos of moving figures etc.
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Similarly, EL wire could be used for 1 or more line drawings to be displayed in the large arched church window. Either a stiffer variant could be used as stand alone, or may be fixed to a dark canvas backing by using a needle with transparent fishing line. Although children’s portrait drawings, or anything else could form the basis of an installation, we’re best waiting to establish the parade theme - should a drawing be based on a mythical creature, or cartoon-like, or . . . ? A drawing may comprise a single clean line, or be scribbly, made up of several lines - maybe even of mixed colours. We need to test how effective an image is when made of different sizes & viewed from various distances.
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Potential source for EL wire (in 10 colours) at £3.39 for 4m length with battery pack: http://www.gearbest.com/led-strips/pp_216725.html
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Stiffer & brighter versions are available from: http://elwirecraft.co.uk/
They seem more expensive, but offer “dance act sets”, though we could look to make our own -
Can we get lights to react to performers’ movements/ proximity/ music volume? @WetEmoFish & @9600 had ideas about options. Can we fit an LED inside a drum, & get it to flash when the drum’s struck?
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A big window could host 1 or more LED matrices. We could potentially combine several together, which could be bought ready made & programmed with patterns/ sequences/ animations, eg:
https://makersify.com/products/32x32-rgb-led-matrix-panel-5mm-pitch?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=7487243841&gclid=CjwKEAjw_ci3BRDSvfjortr--DQSJADU8f2jspy0E19Ys7xFOsXPU6fcWwZJD6ec-VC8lYOutj6vkxoCqmHw_wcB
Alternatively, we could make our own, soldering lots of LEDs together, but spaced out more than the ready-made items. In the event that a number of people each made 1 in ‘community workshops’, we could combine these together. -
Is there something else modular that people could make, & us join them all together after?
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Acrylic sheet may be edge lit by a single LED inserted into a nick & connected to a watch battery. The entire surface is illuminated, & any scratched marks may be lit dramatically. One option would be to laser-cut a simple form lots of times. Parade organisers suggest the option of a market stall throughout the day of the parade; this could be the place for kids to sketch onto their own personal light object. See examples here:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=edge+lit+acrylic+sheet&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwie1-7PgNjLAhUI7RQKHSdoDUAQsAQIMg&biw=1429&bih=767&dpr=0.9
We could get even more creative with that by bending the sheet with a hot air gun, & combining multiple modules together as something sculptural. -
Here’s an example of an indoor installation made by Leeds Hackspace, with funding assistance, for Leeds Light Night, Oct 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZelISbFKTeI
This combines programmable lighting sequences with some sort of proximity/ motion sensor & sound.
Keep the ideas coming . . . .