kubik @ Blaue Nacht Nürnberg 2016

This event takes place on 7th May 2016 … get more information about this light festival here: www.blauenacht.nuernberg.de

>>> we will publish pictures right after the event <<<

Supermodular light designers

Interactive musical laser installation

FOREST is a giant artwork composed of 151 ‘trees’ made of rods, lasers and responsive sound devices.

The installation invites to actively explore almost 450 square meters of this sensorial world. When entering the FOREST the audience automatically senses the desire of physically tapping, shaking, plucking and vibrating the trees. Each touch of a tree triggers sounds and lasers. The active participation creates swinging and oscillating movements, which originate patterns of lights on the ceiling and simultaneously harmonious sounds.

FOREST is a scalable, tourable interactive installation and an unique spatial experience.

“Sensorial journey”

DOWNLOAD our FOREST presentation as pdf here

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Interactive three-dimensional light room

8.064 individually controllable LED points are suspended from the venue´s ceiling forming a complex 3D grid of 8m x 4m. The installation is designed to be flexible enabling the artist to creatively react to local circumstances such as the architecture and overall size of a venue.

Stepping into this magical world full of lights, the audience fuses with the environment and explores intense feelings of presence and movements within physical space. The programming of the installation follows a screenplay with increasing tension, leading to a final climax. Motion capturing sensors enable the guests to interact with the mysterious choreography of lights by walking through the installation.

“Tales of the Eight Thousand and Sixty-Four Lights”

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A light sculpture

MIMOSA is a beautiful, small light sculpture combining simple components: 70 industrial lamps equipped with 100 watt light bulbs surround a tripod like petals the stem. Each luminary is controlled separately by a live VJ — various light combinations are possible. MIMOSA offers a warm ambience with slow changes of light intensity and 720 degree light effects. Bright strobe lights are also possible thanks to MIMOSA’s power of 7 kilowatt. Several MIMOSA sculptures in a range of heights — up to 2,50 meters — are able to take over an entire floor and animate the audience from above.

MIMOSA was originally created for the ‘construction party’ at KAFFEEMITTE Monbijou.

„Attracts gazes and warms hearts“

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A kinetic light installation

U-BIJOU embraces 30 unique luminaries, distinguished by simplicity, quality and elegancy. An U-shaped glass pipe is connected to a black metal counterpart hosting the light technique, which thereby is becoming completely invisible. The lighting fixture is connected to a DMX controllable rail system. Integrated motors are able to reel the light objects individually in and out, creating different formations on the ceiling of the room. The light objects can be centered  forming a classical chandelier or they can also be spread over the entire ceiling immersing the whole space into a desired atmosphere.
The light technique is based on the PIXL SYS developed by Pink+Gruen. This supermodular, small, lightweight, bright and DMX controllable LED module is very convincing in its effectiveness. The PIXL lights with full RGB colour illumination enables users to create endless variations in light control.

U-BIJOU was created as a permanent installation at KAFFEEMITTE Monbijou. The installation can be customized depending on your individual ideas.

„Precious Diva“

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Mobile coffee shop

KJOSK is a combination of your favorite corner shop and a café on wheels.
Wherever it stops, what ever it brings – you will enter a place like home, being embraced by childhood memories and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. Located within a  Berliner double-decker bus from 1965, Rosmarie Koeckenberger designed a variable microcosmos of cosiness which conquers every heart and redefines any place. The bus is fully equipped with the infrastructure of a coffee shop, being able to serve drinks and food and to host its guests in a relaxed atmosphere on the first floor. The bus can be booked with its colorful inventory pending on your desires or as an empty space to be filled with your ideas.

“Land of milk and honey”

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Interactive wind sculpture

Flow is an interactive landscape made out of hundreds of ventilators that respond to sounds and movements in their environment. Approaching this smart wall, the ventilators interact with the visitor, creating a surface of ornamental patterns and artificial wind. This dynamic interplay between space and technology offers a sensual experience.

Flow is a modular wall system. The single wall elements can be arranged individually according to the desired scenario with a maximum length of 5m.

DOWNLOAD our FLOW presentation as pdf here

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Interactive artwork

CRYSTAL is a ‘digital campfire where people physically meet to share stories’.
The artwork comprises 700 small LED crystal rocks placed on a magnetic field. The CRYSTALS illuminate in response to human contact. The installation transforms the active participation of visitors into a key factor of this artwork. Once visitors start adding, moving, sharing or even taking CRYSTALS, the rocks light up and change their basic breathing. The lighting behavior of the crystal rocks moves from ‘excited’ to ‘bored’, keeping visitors curious.

This installation offers an intimate experience – a dialogue between light and perceiver.

“An intimate dialogue with light”

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Thirteen ’tilted’ kubik bridges were installed in a S-formation creating an exciting illuminated runway through the industrial halls of Station Berlin!

tanks: 80
cages: 24
event: ‘nike – the flyknit experience’
date: 20 – 23 feburary 2013 (4 days)
place: berlin, germany