LAUREN SCHROEDER

"1000 Hands" is a 50' tall fabric piece depicting a fiery landscape by day and illuminated scene by night. This work intends to spark commentary and reflection on our climate reality and collective action.

I worked along with another engineer, Janitha Karunaratne, on the tech and lighting for the tapestry. I used Touchdesigner to control all of the lighting in a synchronous way, as well as integrate music reactivity to the tapestry.

We used 10 strands of 50 foot LED bulbs for the backdrop, floodlights in the trusses (Modtruss), led strips for the top spires, and small pebble lights for the sun.

We used a router to send Touchdesigner ArtNet (DMX) data to the lights from the laptop.

We were fortunate to have access to a Burning Man scarab (solar trailer), to power all of the lighting and equipment used for the art piece.